{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-5-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 50-5-5","heading":"Privileged communications; persons incompetent to testify.","body":"No person shall be compelled to testify at any proceeding in magistrate court as to any communication privileged by law. No person shall be compelled to testify as to any matter as to which he is incompetent by law to testify.","path":["CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS.","ARTICLE 5. TRIALS, HEARINGS AND APPEALS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/50-5-5/","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":"a638665145f1cf07107b5502ccf0c67a19d6d72b6bebc1c38fc27151998f3958","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-5-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-5-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}