WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 8 - 11 - 1 A
§8-11-1a. Disposition of criminal costs into state treasury
account for regional jail and correctional facility
authority fund.
The clerk of each municipal court, or other person designated
to receive fines and costs, shall at the end of each month pay into
the regional jail and correctional facility authority fund in the
state treasury an amount equal to forty dollars of the costs
collected in each proceeding involving a traffic offense
constituting a moving violation, regardless of whether the penalty
for the violation provides for a period of incarceration, or any
other offense for which the ordinance prescribing the offense
provides for a period of incarceration:
Provided, That in a case
where a defendant has failed to pay all costs assessed against him
or her, no payment may be made to the regional jail and
correctional facility authority fund until the defendant has paid
all costs which, when paid, are available for the use and benefit
of the municipality.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session