W. Va. Code § 38-1A-9
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§38-1A-9. Action by Secretary of State following service.
Official statutory text
Forthwith upon such service, said Secretary of State shall send to such trustee the second copy of such process or notice, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address stated in such notation. The third copy of such process or notice, bearing the acknowledgment of the Secretary of State of the fact of service on him with his notation of the mailing of the second copy as above provided, shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the clerk of the court issuing the process or to the person giving the notice, as the case may be.
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