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§ 5-1-5 — Discharge from arrest; bond

West Virginia § 5-1-5
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 5GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC
Art. 1THE GOVERNOR

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W. Va. Code § 5-1-5 (2026).

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Any person so apprehended or imprisoned may, at the discretion of the Governor, be discharged upon giving bond with satisfactory security to leave the state and not return thereto for such period, to be stated in the bond, as the Governor may prescribe; or he may be discharged on such other terms or conditions, or without conditions, as to the Governor shall seem right and proper.

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