§20-2-32. Issuance of licenses; duplicate licenses.
The clerk of the county commission in each county and other persons designated by the director shall be license-issuing authorities. Each license-issuing authority shall issue a license to a license applicant if, in the opinion of the authority, the license applicant is legally entitled to obtain the license applied for and pays the proper fee.

All materials and supplies necessary for the issuance of licenses shall be furnished by the director to each person authorized to issue licenses.

Each license shall bear a serial number and shall be signed by the licensee. The issuing authority shall keep an accurate record, in the form and manner prescribed by the director, of all licenses issued and of all money collected as license fees.

Any license-issuing authority may issue a duplicate license, to replace a lost, destroyed or damaged license, upon receipt of a verified application duly executed by the original license holder and the payment to the issuing authority of a duplicate license fee of one dollar.

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