WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 7-8-5
§7-8-5. Keeper of temporary jail.
The keeper of any jail adopted or designated as provided in
section one of this article shall, as to the persons so conveyed
thereto, be the jailer of the county from which such persons were
so conveyed, until he shall, by proper authority, be ordered to
discharge such persons, or deliver them over to the sheriff of the
county from which they were so conveyed.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session