{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-57-2-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 57-2-2","heading":"When attesting witness need not be called.","body":"It shall not be necessary to prove by the attesting witness any instrument to the validity of which attestation is not requisite; and such instrument may be proved by admission, or otherwise, as if there had been no attesting witness thereto.","path":["CHAPTER 57. EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES.","ARTICLE 2. WRITINGS AND STATEMENTS OF PRIVATE PERSONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/57-2-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:07Z","sha256":"0761fccbb022f57045c7807aa6641a560ecd048ce68eb01fc832d79518a9e46b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-57-2-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-57-2-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}