{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-2-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 53-2-5","heading":"Service of writ or summons.","body":"Every such writ or summons shall be served as provided in article two, chapter fifty-six of this code, and if it be against a corporation, it shall be served on some of the persons mentioned in sections thirteen and fourteen of article three, chapter fifty-six of this code; and if service thereof cannot otherwise be made upon any defendant named in such writ or summons, it may be made by publication as prescribed in said last-named article.","path":["CHAPTER 53. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES.","ARTICLE 2. QUO WARRANTO."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/53-2-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:51Z","sha256":"56fc692695133e1ff7580b95bebc058c2656da40905bd74e98616117c844701c","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-2-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-2-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}