{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-51-1a-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 51-1A-2","heading":"Power to certify.","body":"The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, on the motion of a party to a pending cause or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state or of a tribe or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if:\n(1) The pending cause involves a question to be decided under the law of the other state or of the tribe or of Canada, the Canadian province or territory, Mexico or the Mexican state;\n(2) The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending cause; and\n(3) The question is one for which no answer is provided by a controlling appellate decision, Constitutional provision or statute of the other state or of the tribe or of Canada, the Canadian province or territory, Mexico or the Mexican state.","path":["CHAPTER 51. COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS.","ARTICLE 1A. UNIFORM CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/51-1A-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:45Z","sha256":"eefc915f1e23cfbe48b748d07b57a8c0b44d60e7ed9e6d0bab96865dac19168b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-51-1a-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-51-1a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}