West Virginia Code § 8-12-19

Extraterritorial exercise of powers and authority
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Wherever the powers and authority granted in this chapter cannot be reasoenably and
efficiently exercised by confining the exercise thereof within the corporate limits of the
municipality, the powers and authority of the municipality shall extend rbeyond the corporate
limits to the extent necessary to the reasonably efficient exercise of such powers and
authority within the corporate limits. Such powers and authorityu, unless otherwise provided
in this code or elsewhere in law, shall not, however, extend more than one mile beyond the
corporate limits, and such powers and authority shall not exttend into the corporate limits of
another municipality without the consent of the governing body thereof.

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