Constitution of the State of West Virginia: March 26, 1863 (as Amended to November 6, 2018) (West Virginia)
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- Main Text
- Art.I
- Art.II
- Art.III
- (3-1) Bill of rights.
- (3-2) Magistrates servants of people.
- (3-3) Rights reserved to people.
- (3-4) Writ of habeas corpus.
- (3-5) Excessive bail not required.
- (3-6) Unreasonable searches and seizures prohibited.
- (3-7) Freedom of speech and press guaranteed.
- (3-8) Relating to civil suits for libel.
- (3-9) Private property, how taken.
- (3-10) Safeguards for life, liberty and property.
- (3-11) Political tests condemned.
- (3-12) Military subordinate to civil power.
- (3-13) Right of jury trial.
- (3-14) Trials of crimes—Provisions in interest of accused.
- (3-15) Religious freedom guaranteed.
- (3-15a) Voluntary contemplation, meditation or prayer in schools.
- (3-16) Right of public assembly held inviolate.
- (3-17) Courts open to all—Justice administered speedily.
- (3-18) Conviction not to work corruption of blood or forfeiture.
- (3-19) Hereditary emoluments, etc., provided against.
- (3-20) Preservation of free government.
- (3-21) Jury service for women.
- (3-22) Right to keep and bear arms.
- Art.IV
- (4-1) Election and officers.
- (4-2) Mode of voting by ballot.
- (4-3) Voter not subject to arrest on civil process.
- (4-4) Persons entitled to hold office—Age requirements.
- (4-5) Oath or affirmation to support the constitution.
- (4-6) Provisions for removal of officials.
- (4-7) General elections, when held—Terms of officials.
- (4-8) Further provisions regarding state’s officers and agents.
- (4-9) Impeachment of officials.
- (4-10) Fighting of duels prohibited.
- (4-11) Safeguards for ballots.
- (4-12) Registration laws provided for.
- Art.V
- Art.VI
- (6-1) The Legislature.
- (6-2) Composition of Senate and House of Delegates.
- (6-3) Senators and delegates—Terms of office.
- (6-4) Division of state into senatorial districts.
- (6-5) Senatorial districts designated.
- (6-6) Provision for delegate representation.
- (6-7) After census, delegate apportionment.
- (6-8) Designation of delegate districts.
- (6-9) Further apportionments.
- (6-10) Arrangement of senatorial and delegate districts.
- (6-11) Additional territory may be admitted into state.
- (6-12) Senators and delegates required to be residents of districts.
- (6-13) Eligibility to seat in Legislature.
- (6-14) Bribery conviction forfeits eligibility.
- (6-15) Senators and delegates not to hold civil office for profit.
- (6-16) Oath of senators and delegates.
- (6-17) Members of Legislature privileged from civil arrest.
- (6-18) Time and place of assembly of Legislature.
- (6-19) Convening of Legislature by governor.
- (6-20) Seat of government.
- (6-21) Provisions for assembling of Legislature other than at the seat of government.
- (6-22) Length of legislative session.
- (6-23) Concerning adjournment.
- (6-24) Rules governing legislative proceedings.
- (6-25) Authority to punish members.
- (6-26) Provisions for undisturbed transaction of business.
- (6-27) Accounting for state moneys.
- (6-28) Origination of bills.
- (6-29) Requirement for reading of bills.
- (6-30) Acts to embrace but one object—Time of effect.
- (6-31) How bills may be amended.
- (6-32) “Majority” defined.
- (6-33) Compensation and expenses of members.
- (6-34) Distribution of laws and journals provided for—Contracts for printing.
- (6-35) State not to be made defendant in any court.
- (6-36) Lotteries; bingo; raffles; county option.
- (6-37) Terms of office not to be extended after election.
- (6-38) Salaries of officials cannot be increased during official terms.
- (6-39) Local laws not to be passed in enumerated cases.
- (6-39a) Home rule for municipalities.
- (6-40) Limiting powers of court or judge.
- (6-41) Each house to keep journal of proceedings.
- (6-42) Appropriation bills to be specific.
- (6-43) Board or court of registration of voters prohibited.
- (6-44) Election of legislative, county and municipal officers.
- (6-45) Bribery and attempt to bribe—Punishment.
- (6-46) Manufacture and sale of liquor.
- (6-47) Incorporation of religious denominations prohibited.
- (6-48) Homestead exemption.
- (6-49) Property of married woman.
- (6-50) Plan of proportional representation.
- (6-51) Budget and supplementary appropriation bills.
- (6-52) Revenues applicable to roads.
- (6-53) Forestry amendment.
- (6-54) Continuity of government amendment.
- (6-55) Revenues and properties applicable to fish and wildlife conservation.
- (6-56) Revenues applicable to nongame wildlife resources in the state.
- (6-57) No Constitutional right to abortion.
- Art.VII
- (7-1) Executive department.
- (7-2) Election.
- (7-3) Certification of election returns—Contests.
- (7-4) Eligibility.
- (7-5) Chief executive—Powers.
- (7-6) Governor’s message.
- (7-7) Extraordinary legislative sessions.
- (7-8) Governor to nominate certain officers.
- (7-9) Recess vacancies—How filled.
- (7-10) Governor’s power of removal.
- (7-11) Executive may remit fines and forfeitures.
- (7-12) Governor commander-in-chief of military forces.
- (7-13) Official bond of state officers.
- (7-14) Governor’s approval or disapproval of bills passed by the Legislature.
- (7-15) Governor’s approval or disapproval of bills making appropriations of money.
- (7-16) Vacancy in governorship, how filled.
- (7-17) Vacancies in other executive departments.
- (7-18) Executive heads to make reports.
- (7-19) Salaries of officials.
- Art.VIII
- (8-1) Judicial power.
- (8-2) Supreme court of appeals.
- (8-3) Supreme court of appeals; jurisdiction and powers; officers and employees; terms.
- (8-4) Writ of error, supersedeas and appeal; scope and form of decisions.
- (8-5) Circuit courts.
- (8-6) Circuit court; jurisdiction, authority and power.
- (8-7) General provisions relating to justices, judges, and magistrates.
- (8-8) Censure, temporary suspension and retirement of justices, judges and magistrates; removal.
- (8-9) Clerks of circuit courts.
- (8-10) Magistrate courts.
- (8-11) Municipal courts.
- (8-12) Issuance and execution of writs, warrants and process; admission to bail.
- (8-13) Parts of existing law effective.
- (8-14) Pending causes; transfer of causes; records.
- (8-15) Offices phased out; effective date of article; certain provisions to be operable at time specified; effect of article on certain provisions of constitution.
- Art.IX
- (9-1) County organization.
- (9-2) Constables, coroners and overseers of the poor.
- (9-3) Sheriffs.
- (9-4) Malfeasance and misfeasance in office.
- (9-5) Commissioning of officers not otherwise provided for.
- (9-6) Compensation—Deputies.
- (9-7) Conservators of the peace.
- (9-8) Formation of new counties.
- (9-9) County commissions.
- (9-10) Terms of office of county commissioners.
- (9-11) Powers of county commissions.
- (9-12) Clerk of county commission.
- (9-13) Reformation of county commissions.
- Art.X
- (10-1) Taxation and finance.
- (10-1a) Exemptions from and Additional Adjustments to Ad Valorem Property Taxation.
- (10-1b) Property tax limitation and homestead exemption amendment of 1982.
- (10-1c) Exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain personal property of inventory and warehouse goods, with phase in to full exemption over five-year period.
- (10-2) Repealed.
- (10-3) Receipts and expenditures of public moneys.
- (10-4) Limitation on contracting of state debt.
- (10-5) Power of taxation.
- (10-6) Credit of state not to be granted in certain cases.
- (10-6a) Appropriations and taxation for the benefit of counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state.
- (10-7) Duties of county authorities in assessing taxes.
- (10-8) Bonded indebtedness of counties, etc.
- (10-8a) Issuance of Bonds or Other Obligations Payable from Property Taxes on Increases in Value due to Economic Development or Redevelopment Projects in Counties and Municipalities.
- (10-9) Municipal taxes to be uniform.
- (10-10) School Levy and Bond Amendment.
- (10-11) County and Municipal Excess Levy Amendment.
- (10-12) Nonprofit Youth Organization Revenue Exemption.
- Art.XI
- (11-1) Corporations.
- (11-2) Corporate liability for indebtedness.
- (11-3) Exclusive privileges prohibited.
- (11-4) Rights of stockholders.
- (11-5) Street railroads.
- (11-6) Banks.
- (11-7) Railroads.
- (11-8) Rolling stock considered personal property.
- (11-9) Railroads public highways.
- (11-10) Stations to be established.
- (11-11) Competing lines—Legislative permission.
- (11-12) Right of eminent domain.
- Art.XII
- (12-1) Education.
- (12-2) Supervision of free schools.
- (12-3) County superintendents.
- (12-4) Existing permanent and invested school fund.
- (12-5) Support of free schools.
- (12-6) School districts.
- (12-7) Levies for school purposes.
- (12-8) Repealed.
- (12-9) Certain acts prohibited.
- (12-10) Creation of independent free school districts.
- (12-11) Appropriation for state normal schools.
- (12-12) Legislature to foster general school improvements.
- Art.XIII
- Art.XIV
- Amendment 1 The Judicial Amendment
- Amendment 2 The Irreducible School Fund Amendment
- Amendment 3 The Good Roads Amendment of 1920
- Amendment 4 The Good Roads Amendment of 1928
- Amendment 5 Fifty Million Dollar Bond Issue for Roads Amendment
- Amendment 6 Veterans Bonus Amendment
- Amendment 7 Korean Veterans Bonus Amendment
- Amendment 8 Better Roads Amendment
- Amendment 9 Roads Development Amendment
- Amendment 10 Better School Buildings Amendment
- Amendment 11 Better Highways Amendment
- Amendment 12 Vietnam Veterans Bonus Amendment
- Amendment 13 Qualified Veterans Housing Bonds Amendment
- Amendment 14 Veterans Bonus Amendment (Persian Gulf, Lebanon, Grenada and Panama)
- Amendment 15 Infrastructure Improvement Amendment
- Amendment 16 Safe Roads Amendment of 1996
- Amendment 17 Veterans Bonus Amendment (Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq)
- Amendment 18 Roads to Prosperity Amendment of 2017.
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