2019 West Virginia Code
Chapter 21A. Unemployment Compensation
Article 7. Claim Procedure
§21A-7-17. Finality of Board's Decision -- Judicial Review
The decision of the board shall be final and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance therewith, unless a claimant, last employer, or other interested party appeals to the circuit court of Kanawha county within thirty days after mailing of notification of the board's decision: Provided, That, in cases relating to a disqualification under subdivision (4) of section three of article six the decision of the board shall be final and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance therewith, unless a claimant, last employer, or other interested party appeals to the circuit court of Kanawha county within twenty days after mailing of notification of the board's decision.
Parties to the proceedings before the board shall be made defendants in any such appeal; and the commissioner shall be a necessary party to such judicial review.