The clerk of every court from whose office may be issued any process, original, mesne or final, or any order or decree to be served on any person, shall, unless the party interested, or his attorney, direct otherwise, deliver the same to the sheriff or other proper officer of the county for which the court is held, if it is to be executed therein, and if it is to be executed in any other county, shall enclose the same in an envelope properly addressed to the sheriff or other proper officer thereof, pay the postage thereon and mail it in the post office. Documentation of service of process will be according to rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
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