West Virginia Code > Chapter 23 > Article 1 – General Administrative Provisions


23-1-1	Regulation of the workers’ compensation system by the Insurance Commissioner; findings
23-1-1b	Powers and duties of Insurance Commissioner
23-1-1c	Payment withholding; interception; penalty
23-1-1d	Rules of former division of workers’ compensation
23-1-1e	Transfer of assets and contracts; ability to acquire, own, lease and otherwise manage property
23-1-1f	Authority of Insurance Commission to exempt employees from classified service; exemption from purchasing rules
23-1-1g	Legislative intent to create a quasi-public entity
23-1-2	Oversight of the workers’ compensation commission
23-1-3	Payment of salaries and expenses generally; manner; limitation
23-1-4	Records; confidentiality; exceptions
23-1-4a	Bond for executive director and associate director
23-1-5	Office of Insurance Commissioner; hearings
23-1-6	Employment of associate director and other assistants; compensation and travel expenses
23-1-7	Associate director to act during executive director’s absence or inability to act and in case of vacancy; bond of associate director
23-1-8	Authority of Insurance Commissioner and employees as to oaths and evidence
23-1-9	Compelling compliance with order or subpoena
23-1-10	Fee of officer serving subpoena; fees and mileage of witnesses
23-1-11	Depositions; investigations
23-1-12	Copies of proceedings as evidence
23-1-13	Rules of procedure and evidence; persons authorized to appear in proceedings; withholding of psychiatric and psychological reports and providing summaries thereof
23-1-14	Forms
23-1-15	Procedure before Insurance Commissioner
23-1-17	Annual report by the Insurance Commissioner and Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board
23-1-18	Insurance Commissioner employees not subject to subpoena for workers’ compensation hearings
23-1-19	Civil remedies
23-1-20	Employment preference for employees in workers’ compensation litigation unit
23-1-1h	Powers and duties of Office of Judges transferred to Board of Review; definition of certain terms effective July 1, 2022
23-1-21	Authorization to require the electronic invoices and transfers

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 23 > Article 1 - General Administrative Provisions

Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.