Money and other personal property in the hands of a sheriff, constable, clerk of court, justice of the peace or other public officer who shall hold the same by virtue of his office and which belongs or is owed to any person shall be subject to garnishment and suggestion in the same manner and to the same extent as if held by him as a private individual, except that money or other property which is in custodia legis shall be paid or delivered into the court to abide the result of the suit, unless the court shall otherwise direct. This section does not apply to public property or funds.
Structure West Virginia Code
§38-5B-3. Suggestee Execution Against Salary or Wages; Commencement of Lien; Priorities
§38-5B-5. Service of Suggestee Execution and Vacating or Modifying Order
§38-5B-6. Vacation and Modification of Suggestee Executions
§38-5B-7. Renewal of Suggestee Executions
§38-5B-10. Priority of Suggestee Executions Over Assignments
§38-5B-11. Executions Against Claims Due Contractors on Public Works
§38-5B-13. Accounting for Moneys Collected Under Suggestee Executions
§38-5B-14. Supreme Court of Appeals Authorized to Prescribe Forms of Suggestee Executions
§38-5B-15. Garnishment and Suggestion of Money and Other Personality in Hands of Public Officers