2005 West Virginia Code - §7-1-1. — County courts corporations; how constituted; election of president.

§7-1-1. County courts corporations; how constituted; election of president.

The county court or tribunal in lieu thereof of every county within the state of West Virginia shall be a corporation by the name of "The county court of ..................... county," by which name it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and contract and be contracted with. Every county court shall consist of three commissioners as provided in section twenty-two, article eight of the constitution of the state of West Virginia, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except in the case of any county which, in accordance with section twenty-nine, article eight of the constitution of the state of West Virginia or any earlier counterpart thereof, has applied to the Legislature of West Virginia for it to reform, alter or modify its county court and the Legislature by its act, in accordance therewith, and with the assent of the voters of the county voting at an election, has effected the requested reformation, alteration or modification, in which case the provisions of the act of the Legislature creating a tribunal in lieu of the county court shall apply concerning the number of county court commissioners and the number of commissioners required to constitute a quorum. Each county court shall annually, at its first session in each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect one of its commissioners as president of the county court.
Throughout this chapter the term "county court" or any reference to a county court shall include all tribunals created in lieu of the county court.