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H. B. 2148


(By Delegate Stalnaker)

[Introduced February 10, 2005; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]





A BILL to amend and reenact §50-2-1 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to giving magistrates the authority to perform marriages; and allowing magistrates to charge up to fifty dollars for performing a marriage.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §50-2-1 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY.

§50-2-1. Civil jurisdiction.

(a) Except as limited herein in this section and in addition to jurisdiction granted elsewhere, to magistrate courts such magistrate courts shall have:
(1) Jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein in which the value or amount in controversy or the value of property sought, exclusive of interest and cost, is not more than five thousand dollars; Magistrate courts shall have
(2) Jurisdiction of all matters involving unlawful entry or detainer of real property or involving wrongful occupation of residential rental property, so long as the title to such the property is not in dispute. Except as the same may be Unless in conflict with the other provisions of this chapter, the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-five of this code, regarding unlawful entry and detainer, shall apply to such these actions in magistrate court; Magistrate courts shall have
(3) Jurisdiction of actions on bonds given pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; Magistrate courts shall have and
(4) Continuing jurisdiction to entertain motions in regard to post-judgment process issued from magistrate court and decisions thereon on the motions may be appealed in the same manner as judgments.
(b) (1) Individual magistrates may perform marriages at the request of persons entitled, by virtue of meeting all lawful requirements, to be married.
(2) A magistrate performing a marriage under the authority of this section may charge a fee not to exceed fifty dollars to perform the marriage. The fee is to be included as additional remuneration to the magistrate's annual salary.
(c) Magistrate courts shall do not have jurisdiction of actions in equity, of matters in eminent domain, of matters in which the title to real estate is in issue, of proceedings seeking satisfaction of liens through the sale of real estate, of actions for false imprisonment, of actions for malicious prosecution or of actions for slander or libel or of any of the extraordinary remedies set forth provided in chapter fifty-three of this code.
(d) Magistrates, magistrate court clerks, magistrate court deputy clerks, and magistrate assistants shall have the authority to administer any oath or affirmation, to take any affidavit or deposition, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, and to take, under such regulations requirements as are prescribed by law, the acknowledgment of deeds and other writings.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to give magistrates the authority to perform marriages. The bill would allow magistrates to charge up to $50 to perform a marriage, a sum that would be collected by the magistrate in addition to his or her regular salary.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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