Process from any court, whether original, mesne or final, may be directed to the sheriff of any county. Any process shall be returnable, within ninety days after its date, except as provided in section six, article two of this chapter, to the court on any day of a term, or in the clerk's office to the first day of any rules, designated as the first or last Monday, as the case may be, in any month and year, except that a summons for a witness shall be returnable on whatever day his attendance is desired, and an order of attachment may be returnable to the next term of the court, although more than ninety days from the date of the order, and process awarded in court may be returnable as the court may direct.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 56. Pleading and Practice
Article 3. Writs, Process and Order of Publication
§56-3-2a. Actions for Breach of Promise to Marry and for Alienation of Affections Prohibited
§56-3-3. Forms of Writs and Other Process
§56-3-4. Issuance of Process; Alteration
§56-3-5. To Whom Process Directed; Return of Process; Return of Summons for Witness
§56-3-7. Officer's Receipt of Process
§56-3-8. Proof of Mailing Process to Officer
§56-3-9. Service in Other County; Return
§56-3-10. Clerk's Receipt of Process Sent by Mail; Postage Due
§56-3-13. Service of Process or Notice on Domestic Corporations
§56-3-14. Service of Process or Notice on Foreign Corporations
§56-3-15. Service of Process or Notice on Common Carriers Other Than Corporations
§56-3-16. Execution of Process on Sunday
§56-3-17. Where Process May Be Executed
§56-3-18. When Officer May Summon Assistance; Failure to Assist
§56-3-19. Officer's Service and Return of Process; Failure to Make Proper Return; False Return
§56-3-20. Further Liability for Failure to Make Proper Return
§56-3-22. Judgment on Return Nihil
§56-3-23. Service by Publication Generally
§56-3-24. Contents of Order of Publication; Publishing
§56-3-25. Failure to Appear in Response to Publication; Trial or Hearing
§56-3-26. Rehearing in Case of Nonpersonal Service
§56-3-27. Order of Publication in Supreme Court of Appeals
§56-3-28. Requisites of Publication in Supreme Court of Appeals
§56-3-29. Rehearing in Supreme Court of Appeals