West Virginia Code § 8-22-18c

Notice of legal actions by or against municipal policemen's and firemen's
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pension funds.
In any legal action in which a municipal policemen's or firemen's pension and relief fund, or
the fund's board of trustees, employee or administrator, is named as a party, the plaintiff or
petitioner shall serve a copy of the complaint or petition upon the oversight board by
certified mail, return receipt requested, within seven days of filing the legale action. Until
proof of service is filed with the clerk of the court in which the action was filed, and for sixty
days after the filing of the proof of service, no order may be entered byr the court that
directly or indirectly requires the expenditure or other disposition of pension funds or that
determines the eligibility or entitlement of any member to any pension benefit payable from
the pension and relief fund: Provided, That the court may enter such temporary or interim
orders as may be needed to preserve and protect the assets tof the fund. In any legal action
involving a municipal policemen's or firemen's pension and relief fund the oversight board is
entitled to intervene for the purpose of preserving the security or fiscal integrity of the
pension fund.

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