W. Va. Code § 50-1-13
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§50-1-13. Temporary service within or outside of county.
Official statutory text
(a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals or judge of the circuit court of the county in which a magistrate is elected, or the chief judge thereof if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, may order a magistrate to serve temporarily at locations within the county other than at the regular office or offices of the magistrate.
(b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals may by order direct a magistrate to serve on a temporary basis outside the county of his or her election or appointment while giving due consideration to travel time and geographic circumstance. A judge of the circuit court of the county in which a magistrate is elected, or the chief judge thereof if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, may by order direct a magistrate to serve temporarily in any other county within the judicial circuit for any purposes directed by the judge. The magistrate’s authority, to the extent ordered by the chief justice or judge, shall be equal to the jurisdiction and authority of a magistrate elected in the county to which the magistrate is ordered to serve. The temporary assignment may not exceed 60 days in length in any given calendar year, except with the consent of the transferred magistrate.
(c) A magistrate serving outside the county in which he or she is elected or appointed shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in service outside of the county, as provided by rule of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
(d) The Supreme Court of Appeals is requested to develop a rule creating a system in which magistrates shall, on a periodic alternating basis, be assigned to preside over initial appearances, petitions for domestic violence, emergency protective orders, emergency mental health petitions, emergency juvenile delinquency petitions, and applications for the issuance of search warrants arising outside normal court hours or in an emergency on a circuit-wide or other regional basis as determined by the Supreme Court of Appeals. The authority of the after-hours or emergency magistrate shall be equal to the jurisdiction and authority of a magistrate elected or appointed in any county in which he or she is directed to preside.
(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit proceedings authorized by subsection (d) of this section being held remotely as determined appropriate by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
(b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals may by order direct a magistrate to serve on a temporary basis outside the county of his or her election or appointment while giving due consideration to travel time and geographic circumstance. A judge of the circuit court of the county in which a magistrate is elected, or the chief judge thereof if there is more than one judge of the circuit court, may by order direct a magistrate to serve temporarily in any other county within the judicial circuit for any purposes directed by the judge. The magistrate’s authority, to the extent ordered by the chief justice or judge, shall be equal to the jurisdiction and authority of a magistrate elected in the county to which the magistrate is ordered to serve. The temporary assignment may not exceed 60 days in length in any given calendar year, except with the consent of the transferred magistrate.
(c) A magistrate serving outside the county in which he or she is elected or appointed shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in service outside of the county, as provided by rule of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
(d) The Supreme Court of Appeals is requested to develop a rule creating a system in which magistrates shall, on a periodic alternating basis, be assigned to preside over initial appearances, petitions for domestic violence, emergency protective orders, emergency mental health petitions, emergency juvenile delinquency petitions, and applications for the issuance of search warrants arising outside normal court hours or in an emergency on a circuit-wide or other regional basis as determined by the Supreme Court of Appeals. The authority of the after-hours or emergency magistrate shall be equal to the jurisdiction and authority of a magistrate elected or appointed in any county in which he or she is directed to preside.
(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit proceedings authorized by subsection (d) of this section being held remotely as determined appropriate by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
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