When a statute requires an act to be done by an officer or person, it shall be sufficient if it be done by his agent or deputy, unless it be such as cannot lawfully be done by deputation.
W. Va. Code § 2-2-5
Acts by agent or deputy
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 170 W. Va. 177 - United Mine Workers of America v. Miller (1982)
Most recently applied in 216 W. Va. 23 - Hoover v. West Virginia Board of Medicine (May 2004)
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