{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-12-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-12-5","heading":"Certain salaries and expenses paid by state.","body":"The salaries of the chief medical examiner, the salaries of all assistants and employees employed in the central office and laboratory, the expenses of maintaining the central office and laboratory and the cost of pathological, bacteriological and toxicological services rendered by persons other than the chief medical examiner and his or her assistants shall be paid by the state out of funds appropriated for that purpose.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 12. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-12-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:31Z","sha256":"2bf8ff45a4f9eb4363efdcf0f4e82210e76fe2e2ba650bd5144116fd4a0f08dc","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-12-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-12-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}