WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 4242
By Delegate Shott
[Introduced January 22, 2018; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §50-4-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court; and providing an exception for landlord-tenant actions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 4. PROCEDURE BEFORE TRIAL.
§50-4-8. Removal to circuit court.
At any time before trial in
a civil action involving less than $2,500 $5,000 the action may
be removed to circuit court upon the concurrence of all parties and upon the
payment of the circuit court filing fee. At any time before trial in a civil
action involving $2,500 $5,000 or more, any party may, upon
payment of the circuit court filing fee, cause such action to be removed to the
circuit court. Any action for wrongful occupation of residential rental
property or unlawful detainer may be removed to circuit court upon payment of
the circuit court filing fee by any party. All appropriate documents shall
then be forwarded along with such the fee to the clerk of the
circuit court. The matter shall then be heard by the circuit court.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.