{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-1d-7","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-1D-7","heading":"Designated judges.","body":"The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall, on an annual basis, designate five active circuit court judges to individually hear and rule upon applications for orders authorizing the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications: Provided, That no designated circuit judge may consider any application for such an order if he or she presides as judge of the circuit court of the county wherein the applied for installation would occur or of the county wherein the communications facility, line or device to be monitored is located.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 1D. WIRETAPPING AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-1D-7/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:34Z","sha256":"43608baf80660c574c3de95ae52d896456f614c4a37762fabd973a5234c01069","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-1d-6","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-1d-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}