{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-4-1a-14","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 4-1A-14","heading":"Testimonial immunity.","body":"(a) Testimonial immunity is an aspect of legislative immunity that protects a legislator from questioning elsewhere than in the legislative forum.\n(b) When a legislator has been improperly questioned before a grand jury concerning legislative acts, the counts in a criminal indictment that are based on the testimony must be dismissed.\n(c) When a legislator is found to be immune from a civil complaint, the relief to be granted is to have the complaint dismissed or to have a writ of prohibition issued to stop further proceedings.\n(d) In the case of a subpoena that seeks to improperly question a legislator's conduct as to legislative acts, to depose a legislator or to seek disclosure as to any matters pertaining to the memoranda, documents or actions by a legislator which are or were in connection with the legislative process, the subpoenas may be quashed or the court may grant a motion for a protective order.","path":["CHAPTER 4. THE LEGISLATURE.","ARTICLE 1A. LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/4-1A-14/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:19:41Z","sha256":"45e243870f9d6a12076265fe40f1673a2c6efa7dc9ed4e2751e98a6b843e3548","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-4-1a-13","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-4-1a-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}