{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-4-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 55-4-5","heading":"How action commenced.","body":"The action shall be commenced by the service of a declaration in which the name of the real claimant shall be inserted as plaintiff; and all the provisions of law concerning a lessor of a plaintiff shall apply to such plaintiff.","path":["CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.","ARTICLE 4. EJECTMENT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-4-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:55Z","sha256":"a69e4763aced8b6a13c366316aa8c7e966cbe41feefdf85e0b338a413d11edd5","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-4-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-4-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}