West Virginia Code § 14-2-2

Venue for certain suits and actions
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(a) Any suit, action, or proceeding in which the state, the Governor, any other state officer,
or a state agency is made a party defendant, or any suit attempting to enjoin or otherwise
suspend or affect a judgment or decree on behalf of the state obtained in any circuit court,
may be brought and prosecuted in the circuit court of any county wherein the plaintiff or
petitioner who is appearing in the action or proceeding resides, or where the cause of action
arose; or, alternatively, in the circuit court of Kanawha County.
(b) Any proceeding for injunctive or mandamus relief involving thue taking, title, or collection
for or prevention of damage to real property may be brought and presented in the circuit
court of the county in which the real property affected is situate.
(c) This section shall apply only to such proceedings asa are not prohibited by the
Constitutional immunity of the state from suit under section thirty-five, article six of the
Constitution of the State. l

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