§3-1A-8. Investigators for the secretary of state.
An employee of the secretary of state, who has attended a course of instruction at the state police academy or its equivalent, has all the lawful powers delegated to members of the department of public safety to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the criminal laws of the state in any county or municipality of this state. An employee shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, execute a bond with security in the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, payable to the state of West Virginia, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties, as such, and such bond shall be approved as to form by the attorney general, and the bond shall be filed with the secretary of state and preserved in his or her office. The department of public safety, and any county sheriff or deputy sheriff or any municipal police officer, upon request by the secretary of state or his or her appointee, is authorized to assist the secretary of state or his or her appointee in enforcing the provisions of this chapter and the criminal laws of the state.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session