{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-1-1-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 1-1-1","heading":"Counties comprising state of West Virginia.","body":"The state of West Virginia includes all the territory formerly belonging to the state of Virginia and now comprising the following counties, to wit: Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming.","path":["CHAPTER 1. THE STATE AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS.","ARTICLE 1. LIMITS AND JURISDICTION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/1-1-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:19:26Z","sha256":"0049ad90a93eb3ea2562da29fbf79fc92c979841bce89bb6f4eb60adc05171ef","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-1-1-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}