West Virginia Code
Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials
§7-7-12. Sharing Compensation Prohibited

No county official shall receive or be paid, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation of any assistant, deputy or employee, or any fee or reward for appointing him or her to his or her position. No member of a county commission shall receive or be paid, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation of any other county officer named in this article, or of any county assistant, deputy or employee. If any county commissioner or county official violates the provisions of this section, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned. Any county commissioner or county official so convicted shall forfeit his or her office.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers

Article 7. Compensation of Elected County Officials

§7-7-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose

§7-7-2. Establishment of County In-Service Training Programs; Further Additional Duties for Prosecuting Attorney in Any County in Excess of 200,000

§7-7-3. Classification of Counties for Purpose of Determining Compensation of Elected County Officials

§7-7-4. Compensation of Elected County Officials and County Commissioners for Each Class of County; Effective Date

§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

§7-7-6d. Collection of Head Tax on Dogs; Duties of Assessor and Sheriff; Registration of Dogs; Disposition of Head Tax; Taxes on Dogs Not Collected by Assessor

§7-7-6e. Collection of Head Tax on Sheep and Goats; Duties of County Assessors and Commissioner of Agriculture; Deposit of Tax Collections; Creation of Special Revenue Fund; Purposes

§7-7-7. County Assistants, Deputies and Employees; Their Number and Compensation; County Budget

§7-7-7a. Limit of Budget Expenditures

§7-7-8. Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys; Appointment and Compensation; When Court May Appoint Attorney to Prosecute

§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

§7-7-14a. Personal Body Armor to Be Provided to Deputy Sheriffs; Standards; 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

§7-7-19. Compliance With Economic Stabilization Act of 1970

§7-7-20. Penalties

§7-7-21. Severability

§7-7-22. Direct Deposit of County Officials' and Employees' Compensation Into Designated Accounts in Financial Institutions

§7-7-23. Awarding Service Pistol Upon Retirement