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W. Va. Code § 55-4-5

How action commenced

West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 55 — Actions, Suits and Arbitration; Judicial Sale · Status: effective

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W. Va. Code § 55-4-5, How action commenced, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2390917
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The action shall be commenced by the service of a declaration in which the name of the real claimant shall be inserted as plaintiff; and all the provisions of law concerning a lessor of a plaintiff shall apply to such plaintiff.