If any clerk shall issue and deliver a draft to any county clerk, circuit clerk, sheriff, county assessor, prosecuting attorney, or any of their assistants, deputies or employees, in payment of their compensation, without all the applicable requirements of this article being complied with, the draft so issued and delivered shall be illegal and invalid. The clerk and the sureties on his or her bond shall be liable to the county commission of his or her county for the payment thereof.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers
Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials
§7-7-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose
§7-7-4a. Authorizing the Option of Full-Time Status for Part-Time Prosecuting Attorneys
§7-7-6a. Assessors; Additional Compensation; Additional Duties
§7-7-6b. Additional Compensation of Assessors According to County Classification
§7-7-6c. Additional Compensation of Assessor
§7-7-7. County Assistants, Deputies and Employees; Their Number and Compensation; County Budget
§7-7-7a. Limit of Budget Expenditures
§7-7-9. Procedure for Payment of Compensation
§7-7-11. Illegal Orders for Compensation
§7-7-12. Sharing Compensation Prohibited
§7-7-13. Allowance for Expenses of Sheriff
§7-7-14. Training of Sheriffs and Deputies; Payment of Expenses Thereof by County Commission
§7-7-15. Allowance for Expenses of Prosecuting Attorney
§7-7-16. Mileage Allowance for County Officials and Employees
§7-7-16a. Motor Vehicles Owned by the County