West Virginia Code
Chapter 50. Magistrate Courts
Article 5. Trials, Hearings and Appeals

§50-5-1. General Rules of Procedure - Except as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions...

§50-5-2. Continuances - A magistrate may continue the holding of a trial or...

§50-5-3. Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem - No infant, incompetent person or incarcerated convict shall proceed or...

§50-5-4. Subpoenas - A magistrate, magistrate court clerk, magistrate court deputy clerk or...

§50-5-5. Privileged Communications; Persons Incompetent to Testify - No person shall be compelled to testify at any proceeding...

§50-5-6. Evidentiary Depositions - In a civil action the evidentiary deposition of any witness...

§50-5-7. Right to Trial in Criminal Cases - Every defendant charged in a magistrate court in a criminal...

§50-5-8. Trial by Jury; Trial to the Court - (a) A party to a civil action in magistrate court...

§50-5-9. Verdict and Sentence - (a) In every criminal case in which the defendant is...

§50-5-10. Setting Aside Judgment - Upon motion made within twenty days after judgment by any...

§50-5-11. Contempt - A magistrate may punish for contempt of court a person...

§50-5-12. Appeals in Civil Cases - (a) Any person may appeal the judgment of a magistrate...

§50-5-13. Appeals in Criminal Cases - (a) Any person convicted of an offense in a magistrate...

§50-5-14. Pleas in Certain Cases - Except for violations of section one or two, article five,...

§50-5-14a. Disposition Without Court Appearance - Tender of payment by a person charged by citation of...

§50-5-15. Failure of Defendant to Appear at Criminal Trial or Other Criminal Hearing; Compulsion of Appearance - Whenever any defendant, properly notified, fails to appear for a...