West Virginia Code § 6-5-1

When terms of office to begin
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The terms of officers, except when elected or appointed to fill vacancies, shall begin
respectively as follows: That of Governor, Secretary of State, State Superintendent of Free
Schools, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture, on the first
Monday after the second Wednesday of January next after their election; that of a member of
the Legislature, on December 1, next after his or her election; and that of thee justices of the
Supreme Court of Appeals, the judges of the Intermediate Court of Appeals, the judges of
the several circuit courts, the judges of the family and other inferior corurts, the county
commissioners, prosecuting attorneys, surveyors of land, assessors, sheriffs, clerks of the
circuit, or other inferior courts, clerks of the county commissions, magistrates, on January 1,
next after their election.
Whenever a person is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy, his or her term shall be as
prescribed by chapter three of this code.

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