{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-4-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 50-4-4","heading":"Long-arm jurisdiction; manner of service in civil cases.","body":"Magistrate courts shall have long-arm jurisdiction as follows: Over domestic and foreign corporations as provided in section fifteen, article one, chapter thirty-one of this code; over nonresident holders of consumer instruments as provided in section one hundred thirty-seven, article two, chapter forty-six-a of this code; over domestic and foreign limited partnerships as provided in section four, article nine, chapter forty-seven of this code; over voluntary associations and business trusts as provided in section five, article nine-a, chapter forty-seven of this code; over nonresident motorists as provided in section thirty-one, article three, chapter fifty-six of this code; and over nonresidents with certain contacts with this state as provided in section thirty-three, article three, chapter fifty-six of this code.\nService of process in civil actions shall be made in the same manner as is provided for service of process in trial courts of record.","path":["CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS.","ARTICLE 4. PROCEDURE BEFORE TRIAL."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/50-4-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:44Z","sha256":"be2001e87079eb06488b527e5e52da7443b9f86baee20ac7bb156e0dd7d96e08","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-4-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-4-4a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}