{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-7-14-12","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 7-14-12","heading":"Noncompetitive examination for filling vacancy; provisional appointment.","body":"Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position of deputy sheriff and there is no list of persons eligible for appointment after a competitive examination, the appointing sheriff may nominate a person to the civil service commission for noncompetitive examination; and if such nominee shall be certified by the commission as qualified, after such noncompetitive examination and a medical examination, he may be appointed provisionally to fill such vacancy until a selection and appointment can be made after competitive examination in the manner prescribed in section eleven of this article; but the provisional appointment shall not continue for a longer period than three months, nor shall successive provisional appointments be made to the same position, under the provisions of this section.","path":["CHAPTER 7. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS.","ARTICLE 14. CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/7-14-12/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:32Z","sha256":"ea7f951221222355cbd5afb7d48ec4a6d7ec1a42137443da1da4226158b3cc08","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-7-14-11","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-7-14-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}