West Virginia Code § 61-4-1

Forgery of public record, certificate, return or attestation of court or
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officer; penalty.
If any person forge a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of a clerk of a court,
notary public, judge, justice, or any public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such
certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or utter or attempt to
employ as true such forged record, certificate, return or attestation, knowineg the same to be
forged, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the
penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years. r

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