West Virginia § 57-1-12 Authentication of records and proceedings of courts of United States or other states; full faith and credit

West Virginia Statutes

§ 57-1-12 — Authentication of records and proceedings of courts of United States or other states; full faith and credit

West Virginia § 57-1-12

Ch. 57EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES

Art. 1LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; PUBLIC RECORDS

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W. Va. Code § 57-1-12 (2026).

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The records and judicial proceedings of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory, or of any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, shall be proved or admitted in any court in this state, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form. And the said records and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within this state as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state or jurisdiction from which they are taken. Full faith and credit for child support orders shall be accorded by this state in conformity with federal law.

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The records and judicial proceedings of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory, or of any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, shall be proved or admitted in any court in this state, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form. And the said records and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within this state as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state or jurisdiction from which they are taken. Full faith and credit for child support orders shall be accorded by this state in conformity with federal law.