# W. Va. Code § 24-1-5: Seal to be adopted; collection and disposition of fees

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S5

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 24-1-5
- **Heading:** Seal to be adopted; collection and disposition of fees
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 5

## Text

The commission shall adopt a seal which shall be affixed to all papers under such regulations as the commission may prescribe. The commission shall likewise prescribe a schedule of fees to be charged for the certification of all records and papers, and sums to be paid witnesses and other costs necessary and incident to hearings before it and order the same paid by the unsuccessful party. All sums collected by the secretary, except witness fees, shall be paid by him into the State Treasury and be credited to the Public Service Commission fund provided for in section six, article three of this chapter. The witness fee shall be paid to the person to whom they are allowed. The sums to be paid into the Public Service Commission fund representing the collection of any month shall be so paid on or before the tenth of the following month.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-1 §24-1-1. Legislative purpose and policy; plan for internal reorganization; promulgation of plan as rule; cooperation with Joint Committee on Government and Finance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-1A §24-1-1a. Supplemental rule for reorganization; certain reports to be made to the Legislature; filing of such rule and reports and the procedure therefor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S1A.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-1B §24-1-1b. Supplemental rule for reorganization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S1B.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-1C §24-1-1c. Legislative findings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S1C.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-1D §24-1-1d. Additional Legislative findings related to the coal industry.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S1D.md)
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- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-5 §24-1-5. Seal to be adopted; collection and disposition of fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-6 §24-1-6. Office of commission; time and place of hearings; number of commissioners required for taking action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-7 §24-1-7. Rules of procedure; commission not bound by rules of evidence or pleadings; inscription on, use of and judicial notice of seal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 24-1-8 §24-1-8. Legal counsel for the commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C24_A1_S8.md)
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