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WVU Traffic & Parking Violations
Any person issued a traffic or parking citation on WVU’s campus has 10 days to appeal it in our County court.
WVU Parking Rules & Regulations
Motion to Dismiss Traffic Citation
Court Forms
Common forms from the W.Va. Judiciary that are useful in a wide variety of court proceedings.
- Affidavit: Default Judgment (PDF)
- Affidavit: Eligibility for Appointed or Public Defender Counsel (PDF)
- Affidavit for Exemptions – (for writs of execution and suggestions) (PDF)
- Affidavit for Suggestee Execution (PDF)
- Affidavit: Notice of Filing Bankruptcy (PDF)
- Affidavit Regarding Demand for Payment of Worthless Check (PDF)
- Affidavit: Due Diligence (PDF)
- Answer (PDF)
- Answer [Wrongful Occupation] Residential Rental Property or Factory Built Home Site (PDF)
- Civil Complaint (PDF)
- Civil Complaint – Commercial Creditor/Contract Action (PDF)
- Civil Complaint – Worthless Check (PDF)
- Criminal Complaint – Worthless Check (PDF)
- Financial Affidavit and Application: Eligibility for Waiver of Fees, Costs, or Security in a Civil or Domestic Case, etc. (PDF)
- Financial Exploitation Case Information Statement (PDF)
- Financial Exploitation, Petition for Temporary Protective Order (PDF)
- Information Regarding Appeal Process From Magistrate Court to Circuit Court (PDF)
- Information Sheet: Affidavit for Default Judgment (PDF)
- Information Sheet: Civil Case Defendant (PDF)
- Information Sheet: Civil Case Plaintiff (PDF)
- Information Sheet: Enforcement of Civil Judgment (PDF)
- Jury Election or Demand (PDF)
- Motion (PDF)
- Motion and Affidavit – Disqualification of Magistrate (PDF)
- Motion for Review; Eligibility for Waiver of Fees, Costs or Security (PDF)
- Motion: To Dismiss Traffic Citation (PDF)
- Motion: To Transfer to Circuit Court (PDF)
- Order of Publication (PDF)
- Petition for Appeal of Bench Trial (PDF)
- Petition for Appeal of Jury Verdict (PDF)
- Petition for Summary Relief – Wrongful Occupation of Factory Built Home Site (PDF)
- Petition for Summary Relief – Wrongful Occupation of Residential Rental Property (PDF)
- Release of Judgment (PDF)
- Request for Appointment of Counsel-Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (Default Judgment (PDF)
- Request for Deferral of DUI Conviction (PDF)
- Request for Issuance of Bailpiece (PDF)
FEE WAIVER FORMS
The W.Va. Judiciary provides litigant forms.
- Supreme Court Administrative Order (PDF)
- Financial Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Waiver of Fees, Costs, or Security in Civil Cases in the West Virginia Courts (PDF)
- Financial Affidavit and Application: Eligibility for Waiver of Fees, Costs, or Security in a Civil or Domestic Case, etc. (PDF)
- Motion for Review: Eligibility for Waiver of Fees, Costs, or Security (PDF)
PERSONAL SAFETY FORMS
Forms and information from the W.Va. Judiciary.
- Order Approving Forms for Personal Safety Civil Proceedings (PDF)
- Petition for Personal Safety Order (PDF)
- Personal Safety Petition: Continuation Sheet (PDF)
- Civil Case Information Statement Personal Safety Act Cases (PDF)
- Appeal: Denial of Petition for Personal Safety Order (PDF)
- Acknowledgement and Proof of Surrender of Firearms and Ammunition (PDF)
- Motion to Continue Final Personal Safety Order Hearing (PDF)
- Petition for Appeal of Order Granting or Denying Final Personal Safety Order (PDF)
- Petition for Appeal: Continuation Sheet (PDF)
- Petition for Firearms Return (PDF)
- Petition to Modify Personal Safety Order (PDF)
- Petition to Terminate Personal Safety Order (PDF)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FORMS
The W.Va. Judiciary provides critically important information.
- Acknowledgement & Proof of Surrender of Firearms and Ammunition (PDF)
- Appeal for Denial of Petition for Emergency Protective Order/TEPO (PDF)
- Petition: Domestic Violence (PDF)
- Petition: Continuation Sheet (PDF)
- Petition: Emergency Protective Order Petition: Person Who Witnesses or Reports (PDF)
- Petition: For Temporary Emergency (TEPO) Protective Order (PDF)
COURT PROCEEDINGS
Helpful Information from the W.Va. Judiciary.
Administrative Rules for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia
These rules cover a variety of administrative matters for the magistrate courts.
Rules of Civil Procedure for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia
These rules apply to all civil cases in the magistrate courts of the State of West Virginia. These rules supplement, and in designated instances supersede, the statutory procedures set forth in Chapter 50 of the West Virginia Code.
Rules of Criminal Procedure for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia
These rules govern the procedure in all criminal proceedings in the magistrate courts of the State. These rules supplement, and in designated instances supersede, the statutory procedures set forth in Chapter 50 and Chapter 62 of the West Virginia Code.
Rules of Practice and Procedure for Financial Exploitation Civil Proceedings
These rules govern financial exploitation civil proceedings in the circuit courts and magistrate courts of the State of West Virginia, pursuant to West Virginia Code § 55-7J-1 et seq. The purpose of these rules is to help resolve financial exploitation cases in a just, speedy, and inexpensive manner.
Rules of Criminal Procedure
These rules govern the procedure in all criminal proceedings in the circuit courts of West Virginia, as defined in Rule 54(c); and whenever specifically provided in one of the rules, to criminal proceedings before West Virginia magistrates.
Rules of Practice and Procedure for Domestic Violence Civil Proceedings
These rules govern domestic violence civil proceedings in the circuit courts, family courts, and magistrate courts of the State of West Virginia.
Mental Hygiene Proceedings Forms
This set of forms has been approved for use in Mental Hygiene Proceedings.