CHAPTER SEVEN: JUDICIAL

ARTICLE 171: MUNICIPAL COURT

Section

   171.01   Court created; jurisdiction generally

   171.02   Municipal Judge designated

   171.03   Powers and duties of judge

   171.04   Duties of Police Department

   171.05   Rules; records

   171.06   Traffic Violations Bureau

   171.07   Appeals

   171.08   Contempt

   171.09   Bonds

   171.10   Court costs

   171.11   Payment of costs and fines

Cross References

   Costs for crime victims reparation fund, see W.Va. Code § 14-2A-4

   Costs for funding law enforcement training academies, see W.Va. Code § 30-29-4

   Establishment, see W.Va. Code § 8-10-2

   General rights of appeal, see W.Va. Code § 8A-2-1

§ 171.01 COURT CREATED; JURISDICTION GENERALLY.

   There is hereby created a court, to be known as the “Municipal Court”, which shall have criminal jurisdiction over violations of town ordinances and the criminal jurisdiction of a magistrate of the State of West Virginia with respect to offenses committed within the town limits.