West Virginia Code § 51-1A-2

Power to certify
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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, on the motion of a party to a pending cause
or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state or of a
tribe or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if:
(1) The pending cause involves a question to be decided under the law of the other state or
of the tribe or of Canada, the Canadian province or territory, Mexico or the Mexican state;
(2) The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending cause; and
(3) The question is one for which no answer is provided by a controlling appellate decision,
Constitutional provision or statute of the other state or of the tribe or of Canada, the
Canadian province or territory, Mexico or the Mexican state.

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