W. Va. Code § 51-1A-2
Power to certify
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 51 — Courts and Their Officers · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 51-1A-2, Power to certify, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2390344
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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, on the motion of a party to a pending cause or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state or of a tribe or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if:
(1) The pending cause involves a question to be decided under the law of the other state or of the tribe or of Canada, the Canadian province or territory, Mexico or the Mexican state;
(2) The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending cause; and
(3) The question is one for which no answer is provided by a controlling appellate decision, Constitutional provision or statute of the other state or of the tribe or of Canada, the Canadian province or territory, Mexico or the Mexican state.