West Virginia Code § 50-3-7

Records of magistrate court; reports
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(a) Records of the judicial transactions of magistrate court shall be kept as required by the
rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals. If, after judgment is rendered in a matter, no appeal
is filed within the time allotted, the records of the proceedings shall be forwarded to the
magistrate court clerk. The records shall be maintained by the magistrate court clerk in
accordance with the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals. e
Records of the financial dealings of the magistrate court shall be kept as may be required by
the rules of the State Auditor, who shall promulgate the rules only after consultation with
the Supreme Court of Appeals. u
The magistrate court shall prepare and submit the reports as may be required by the rules of
the Supreme Court of Appeals or by the State Auditor.
(b) (1) Upon receipt of a written request, the magistrate court clerk shall perform a criminal
history record search of criminal records in his or hler possession. Each request shall be
accompanied by a $25 fee for each name that sis to be the subject of the records search.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall niot apply to:
(A) Federal, state, county or municipal officials;
(B) Court-appointed attorneys;
(C) Prosecuting attorneyLs; and
(D) Persons utilizing court provided public access terminals.
(3) All moneys collected pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the General Fund in
the state Treasury on or before the tenth day of the following month.

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