To wilfully swear falsely, under oath or affirmation lawfully administered, in a trial of the witness or any other person for a felony, concerning a matter or thing not material, and on any occasion other than a trial for a felony, concerning any matter or thing material or not material, or to procure another person to do so, is false swearing and is a misdemeanor.
W. Va. Code § 61-5-2
False swearing defined
Known as the Jerry Alan Jones Act
The act spans §§ 61–61 (34 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 211 W. Va. 458 - Collins v. Red Roof Inns, Inc. (2002)
Most recently applied in Gerald A. and Teresa L. Phillips v. Joshua D. Stear (March 2016)
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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.