{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-7-10a","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-7-10a","heading":"Jail Commitment order.","body":"The clerk of a circuit court or magistrate court in which a person is sentenced to serve a period of incarceration in a jail facility under the control of the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall transmit to the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation a certified commitment order in the form provided for in this section. A person may not be committed to a jail unless the commitment order is signed by the circuit court judge or magistrate with jurisdiction over the matter. The amendments to this section enacted during the 2019 regular session of the Legislature are effective on July 1, 2019.\nIN THE CIRCUIT/MAGISTRATE COURT OF ____________________COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA\nState of West Virginia\nv. circuit/magistrate court Case No.___________________\nDefendant: ______________________________\nDOB: ________________ SSN: XXX-XX-______ Gender: _____Male/______Female\nWEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION CERTIFIED JAIL COMMITMENT ORDER\nOn the ______day of __________________, 20___, the State of West Virginia, by _____________________________________, and the defendant appeared in person and with counsel,________________________________________________.\nThe defendant has been convicted of the following offense(s):\n_____________________________________________________________________\nThe defendant is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a period of:\n__________________________________________________________________________.\nConviction Date: _______________ Sentence Date: __________________\nEffective Sentence Date: _____________ Resentence Date: _____________________ Consecutive to: ____ Concurrent with:\n______________________________________________________________________\nCredit for Time Served: ______days Credit for Home Incarceration: ______days\nCredit for Home Incarceration Parole: ______days Other NonPenal Credit: ________days\nAdditionally, the court finds:\n______________________________________________________________________\nThe defendant shall be transported to and held in a jail facility for the prescribed period of confinement in accordance with law. The court further orders that the cost of incarceration of misdemeanants sentenced to confinement in a jail shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of §15A-3-16 of this code.\nSpecial Instructions: ___________________________________________________________\nIt is further ordered that the Circuit Clerk or Magistrate Court Clerk shall immediately transmit a certified copy of this commitment order to the Central Office Inmate Records Manager of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation by facsimile at (fax number), by email at (email address) or other electronic transmission, or by mail at (street address).\nEnter this _____day of __________, 2____.\n___________________________________\nCircuit Judge/Magistrate","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 7. EXECUTION OF SENTENCES; STAYS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-7-10A/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:36Z","sha256":"5029537347a088239aa71b9c660aee73fa204f787c23a49a0bb36b3f66ea37e8","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-7-10","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-8-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}