West Virginia Code
Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers
§7-14B-20. Offenses and Penalties

Any person who makes an appointment or promotion to any position, or selects a person for employment, contrary to the provisions of this article, or willfully refuses or neglects otherwise to comply with, or to conform to, any of the provisions of this article, or violates any of such provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any commissioner or examiner, or any other person, who shall willfully, by himself or in cooperation with one or more persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person with respect to his right of examination or registration according to this article, or to any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or who shall willfully or corruptly, falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon such examination or proper standing of any person so examined, registered, or certified, pursuant to the provisions of this article, or aid in so doing, or who shall willfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information, for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of appointment or promotion to any position of any person so examined, registered or certified, or to be so examined, registered or certified; or who shall impersonate any other person, or permit or aid in any manner any other person to impersonate him in connection with any examination or registration, or application or request to be examined or registered, shall, for each offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person convicted of any such misdemeanor offense shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers

Article 14B. Civil Service for Correctional Officers

§7-14B-1. Appointments and Promotions of Correctional Officers

§7-14B-2. Definitions; Population

§7-14B-3. Civil Service Commission

§7-14B-4. Clerk of Commission

§7-14B-5. Office and Supplies for Commission; Appropriations Required

§7-14B-6. Powers and Duties of Commission

§7-14B-7. Rules and Regulations of Commission; Notice and Distribution Thereof; Probationary Period for Appointees

§7-14B-8. Form of Application; Age Requirements; Exceptions

§7-14B-9. Character and Notice of Competitive Examinations; Qualifications of Applicants; Competitive Examinations to Be Prescribed by State Civil Service Commission; Press Representatives; Posting Eligible List; Medical Examinations; Exceptions as t...

§7-14B-10. Refusal to Examine or Certify; Review Thereof

§7-14B-11. Appointments From Eligible List

§7-14B-12. Noncompetitive Examination for Filling Vacancy; Provisional Appointment

§7-14B-13. Vacancies Filled by Promotions; Eligibility for Promotion

§7-14B-14. No Inquiry Shall Be Made Concerning Political or Religious Opinions or Affiliations of Applicants, etc.

§7-14B-15. Political Activity of Correctional Officers Prohibited; Petition for Vacating Appointment; Action on Petition; Appeal

§7-14B-16. Training and Retraining Programs for All Correctional Officers Required

§7-14B-17. Removal, Discharge, Suspension or Reduction in Rank or Pay; Appeal; Reduction in Force; Mandatory Retirement Age

§7-14B-18. Vacations for Correctional Officers

§7-14B-18a. Correctional Officers Who Are Required to Work During Holidays; How Compensated

§7-14B-19. Sick Leave

§7-14B-20. Offenses and Penalties

§7-14B-21. County Commission of Counties With a Population of Less Than 25,000 May Place Correctional Officers Under Civil Service; Protest and Election With Respect Thereto

§7-14B-22. Inconsistent Acts Repealed; Once Established Civil Service Remains Mandatory

§7-14B-23. Severability