W. Va. Code § 51-1A-3
Power to answer
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 51 — Courts and Their Officers · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 51-1A-3, Power to answer, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2390345
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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia may answer a question of law certified to it by any court of the United States or by the highest appellate court or the intermediate appellate court of another state or of a tribe or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state, if the answer may be determinative of an issue in a pending cause in the certifying court and if there is no controlling appellate decision, Constitutional provision or statute of this state.