West Virginia Code
Article 9. Accountants
§30-9-30. Accounting Corporations

(a) All accounting corporations created prior to July 1, 2001, are hereby continued.
(b) On or after July 1, 2001, one or more certified public accountants or public accountants may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of an accounting corporation domiciled within this state under the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations and restrictions specified by rule.
(c) When the Secretary of State receives a certification of authorization to act as an accounting corporation, he or she shall attach the authorization to the corporation application and, upon compliance with the applicable provisions of chapter thirty-one of this code, the Secretary of State shall issue to the incorporators a certificate of incorporation for the accounting corporation.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations

Article 9. Accountants

§30-9-1. License Required to Practice

§30-9-2. Definitions

§30-9-3. Board of Accountancy; Appointment; Terms, Qualifications of Members; Removal of Members; Compensation of Members; Civil Liability Protection for Members

§30-9-4. Powers of the Board

§30-9-5. Rule-Making Authority

§30-9-6. Fees; Special Fund; Administrative Fines

§30-9-7. Issuance of Certificate; Certificates Issued Prior to the First Day of July, Two Thousand One

§30-9-8. Education, Examination and Experience Certificate Requirements

§30-9-9. Substantial Equivalency Certificate Requirements

§30-9-10. Not Substantially Equivalent Certificate Requirements

§30-9-11. Foreign Designation Certificate Requirements

§30-9-12. Certificate Renewal; Conditions of Renewal

§30-9-13. Duty to Inform Board of Denials, Suspensions, Revocations, Limitations

§30-9-14. Holder of Out-of-State Certificate Establishing Principal Place of Business in State

§30-9-15. Public Accountants

§30-9-16. Substantial Equivalency Practice Privileges

§30-9-17. Issuance and Renewal of Permits

§30-9-18. Notification of Changes in Firm Ownership; Revocation of Permit

§30-9-19. Issuance and Renewal of Authorizations

§30-9-20. Refuse to Issue or Renew; Suspension, Revocation of License; Disciplinary Action

§30-9-21. Complaints; Investigation

§30-9-22. Hearing; Judicial Review; Notification to Out-of-State Board of Accountancy; Costs of Proceedings

§30-9-23. Reinstatement

§30-9-24. Licensees' Working Papers; Clients' Records

§30-9-25. Commissions, Referral Fees and Contingent Fees

§30-9-26. Unlawful Acts

§30-9-27. Injunctions Against Unlawful Acts

§30-9-28. Criminal Proceedings; Penalties

§30-9-29. Single Act Evidence of Practice

§30-9-30. Accounting Corporations

§30-9-31. Inapplicability of Article

§30-9-33. Mandatory Training in Federal Antitrust Law and State Action Immunity

§30-9-34. Indemnification