The court, board, body or officer authorized by law to appoint any person to any county, magisterial district, independent school district, or municipal office, the term or tenure of which is not fixed by law, may remove any person appointed to any office by such court, board, body or officer, with or without cause, whenever such removal shall be deemed by it, them or for the good of the public service, and the removal of any such person from office shall be final.
W. Va. Code § 6-6-8
Removal of appointive county, district or municipal officers without fixed terms
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 239 W. Va. 288 - Dwayne Cales v. Town of Meadow Bridge (2017)
Most recently applied in 239 W. Va. 288 - Dwayne Cales v. Town of Meadow Bridge (May 2017)
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Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.