§7-4-1. Duties of Prosecuting Attorney; Further Duties Upon Request of Attorney General

(a) The prosecuting attorney shall attend to the criminal business of the state in the county in which he or she is elected and qualified and when the prosecuting attorney has information of the violation of any penal law committed within the county, the prosecuting attorney shall institute and prosecute all necessary and proper proceedings […]

§7-4-1a. Eligibility of Prosecuting Attorneys

To be eligible to be a candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney, a person shall be a duly licensed attorney in the State of West Virginia at the time of his or her filing for office.

§7-4-2. Rewards for Apprehension of Persons Charged With Crime and Expenditure of Money for Detection of Crime; Appointment of Investigators of Crime

The prosecuting attorney of any county, with the approval of the county commission, or of the Governor, or of the court of the county vested with authority to try criminal offenses, or of the judge thereof in vacation, may, within his discretion, offer rewards for the apprehension of persons charged with crime, or may expend […]

§7-4-3. Employment of Counsel for Civil Matters; Compensation of Counsel

The county commission of any county shall have authority to employ such legal counsel as it may deem necessary for the purpose of advising such county commission on matters of a civil nature and to conduct any litigation of a civil nature to which the county is a party. The county commission shall also have […]

§7-4-4. Prosecutor’s Advisory Council; Victim Advocates; Participation in Multidisciplinary Planning Process

The prosecutor’s advisory council composed of elected prosecuting attorneys of each county of the state or a designated member of their staff is continued. The prosecutor’s advisory council shall meet not less than one time each year. Annually, the council shall elect from among its membership a chairman of the council who shall set the […]

§7-4-5. Multidisciplinary Investigative Teams

The prosecuting attorney of each county in the state shall maintain a multidisciplinary investigative team, in accordance with the provisions of §49-4-402 of this code.

§7-4-6. West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute

(a) There is continued the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys Institute, a public body whose membership shall consist of the fifty-five elected county prosecuting attorneys in the state. The Institute shall meet at least once each calendar year and the presence of twenty-eight of the fifty-five prosecutors at any meeting constitutes a quorum for the conduct […]