No person convicted of treason, felony, or bribery in any election, before any court in or out of this state, shall, while such conviction remains unreversed, be elected or appointed to any office under the laws of this state; and, if any person, while holding such office, be so convicted, the office shall be thereby vacated.
W. Va. Code § 6-5-5
Disqualification by conviction of treason, felony, or bribery
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 867 F. Supp. 424 - Berger v. United States (1994)
Most recently applied in In re Parsons (November 2005)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.