Where any book containing judgments, decrees, orders or proceedings of a court, or proceedings at rules, is lost, and there can be again entered correctly, by means of any writing, any matters which were in such book, the court may cause its clerk to have such matters reentered, and such entries shall have the same effect as the original entries.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 39. Records and Papers
Article 3. Reconstruction of Lost Records and Papers
§39-3-1. Admission to Record of Certified Copy When Original Writing Lost, Mislaid or Destroyed
§39-3-2. Lost Records or Papers Recorded or Filed Anew
§39-3-3. Recordation of Certified Copies at Instance of County Court When Record Lost or Destroyed
§39-3-4. Loss of Court Records; Reentries
§39-3-5. Loss of Original Papers in Any Cause or Appellate Court Record; Effect of Papers Supplied
§39-3-6. When Books or Papers Deemed Lost
§39-3-7. Procedure to Prove Contents of Lost Papers or Records -- Generally
§39-3-8. Procedure to Prove Contents of Lost Papers or Records -- Right to Rehearing
§39-3-9. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Action by County Clerk
§39-3-10. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Record
§39-3-11. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Publication of Notice
§39-3-12. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Subjects of Inquiry
§39-3-13. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Powers of Clerk; Death, etc., of Clerk
§39-3-14. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Fees Payable to Clerk and Witnesses
§39-3-16. Taking Testimony as to Lost Records -- Admissibility of Depositions or Copies