{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-51-1a-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 51-1A-3","heading":"Power to answer.","body":"The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia may answer a question of law certified to it by any court of the United States or by the highest appellate court or the intermediate appellate court of another state or of a tribe or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state, if the answer may be determinative of an issue in a pending cause in the certifying court and if there is no controlling appellate decision, Constitutional provision or statute of this 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-3/","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":"3d74ae6b53c0476429d20ca44e62c2485e416c1133b01a3e809f5da1efb45717","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-51-1a-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-51-1a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}