Jurisdiction of writs of certiorari (except such as may be issued from the Supreme Court of Appeals, or a judge thereof in vacation) shall be in the circuit court of the county in which the record or proceeding is, to which the writ relates. Any such writ may be awarded either by the circuit court or by the judge thereof in vacation.
W. Va. Code § 53-3-1
Jurisdiction
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 197 W. Va. 84 - Lipscomb v. Tucker County Commission (1996)
Most recently applied in 226 W. Va. 723 - Sams v. City of White Sulphur Springs (November 2010)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.