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W. Va. Code § 6-5-5: Disqualification by conviction of treason, felony, or bribery.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS.
- ARTICLE 5. TERMS OF OFFICE; MATTERS AFFECTING THE RIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE.
No person convicted of treason, felony, or bribery in any election, before any court in or out of this state, shall, while such conviction remains unreversed, be elected or appointed to any office under the laws of this state; and, if any person, while holding such office, be so convicted, the office shall be thereby vacated.
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