{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-15-21","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 8-15-21","heading":"Noncompetitive examination for filling vacancy; provisional appointment.","body":"Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in a paid fire department and there is no list of individuals eligible for appointment after a competitive examination, the appointing officer may nominate an individual to the firemen's civil service commission for noncompetitive examination; and if such nominee shall be certified by the said 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 twenty of this article; but such 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 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.","ARTICLE 15. FIRE FIGHTING; FIRE COMPANIES AND DEPARTMENTS; CIVIL SERVICE FOR PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/8-15-21/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:52Z","sha256":"06c516efe4d666dd291a82cb04c484a4fceb873164348d7330ab7f06d433d80b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-15-20a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-15-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}