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WVC 1 - 3 - 11

§1-3-11. Jurisdiction of old officers to continue until new

officers appointed.

The sheriffs and other officers of the counties from which a

new county is formed shall, until the sheriff and other officers of

the new county are appointed in the manner provided by law for the

filling of vacancies in such offices, continue to have and exercise

all the jurisdiction, power and authority which they had at the

time of the passage of the act creating such new county.





Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2015 Regular Session

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