(Note: By decision of 9 October 2008, the TCR was approved with immediate effect.) The calculation of a time limit prescribed or permitted by this rule is based on W.Va. R.Civ.P. 6. For Braxton County, the first Monday in February, June and October; for Clay County, the third Monday in March, the second Monday in July and the first Monday in November; for Gilmer County, the first Monday in March, July and November; for Webster County on the second Monday in January, the first Monday in May and September. All local by-laws of the District Court, including local procedures and procedure regulations having effect on local by-laws, published before 1 July 1999 and inconsistent with these or other court by-laws, are repealed. Additional procedures specific to mass litigation or proceedings conducted in mass litigation subject to electronic filing and service may be specified in a case management order, at the discretion of the presiding judge. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals requires users to complete training before accessing the e-filing system for the first time. Each user must complete the registration and pay all applicable fees. Users receive their credentials via email after registration is complete. This rule applies to all types of proceedings before district, family and district courts. The presiding judge shall decide, at the request of a party or another person made at least one day before the proceedings, whether to allow the transmission by camera and/or audio of the proceedings in and around the courtroom in a given case.

A party, witness or defence counsel may object to the case or part of the proceedings being covered by such coverage, and the President shall rule on that objection. The decision whether or not to continue legal proceedings is left to the discretion of the individual media organization for which the report has been authorized. The term of office of the district courts shall begin and be held annually in accordance with this article. For Lewis County, the first Monday in March and November and the second Monday in July; for Upshur County on the second Monday in January, May and September. Once a document has been submitted correctly, the e-filing system creates an electronic registration confirmation for that document. A filing is not completed until the applicant receives the acknowledgement of receipt of the electronic filing. The document is deemed to have been filed with the file officer in the application on the date and time indicated on the acknowledgement of receipt of the electronic filing. It is the user`s responsibility to verify their registered email address in order to view documents submitted electronically. A free email notification of a quote does not constitute delivery. When resolving scheduling conflicts, the following priorities should normally prevail: for Boone County on the third Monday in January, April and September; for Lincoln County on the third Monday in January, April and September. Unless otherwise specified, any document filed electronically must be served electronically.

The e-filing system creates an e-filing notice and sends it by e-mail to the e-mail address of the submitting user and all legal users who have appeared in the trial and who are also users of the e-filing system. The notice of electronic filing contains the submitted document as an attachment or link to download the document. Upon receipt of the notice of electronic filing, service is complete and effective for parties using the electronic filing system on the date and time specified in the notice of electronic filing and is deemed to be service in accordance with Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Rule 10 of the Family Court Rules of Procedure. Service by electronic means is treated as service by post for the purposes of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Procedure of the Family Court. It is the user`s responsibility to verify their registered email address to view documents submitted and delivered electronically. Courtesy copies that are not made by the e-filing system do not constitute delivery. If an application or memorandum contains a citation of a case that is not reported in United States Reports (United States), West Virginia Reports (W.Va) or South Eastern Reporter (S.E., S.E.2d.), a copy of that case must be attached. If a motion or memorandum contains a citation about a law other than a West Virginia or federal law, a copy of the law must be attached. If an application or memorandum contains a quotation about a regulation, a copy of the by-law must be attached. The seizure requirement applies only to a copy of the application or note sent to the bailiff and opposing lawyer, and not to a copy given to the registry. If an application is signed in contravention of TCR 17.01, the Chief Justice or the judge whose challenge has been sought may, on application or sua sponte, refer the matter to the appropriate disciplinary authority or impose an appropriate sanction on the person who signed it, an unrepresented party, or both, which may include an order: pay the other party or parties the amount of reasonable costs incurred as a result of filing the application, including reasonable attorneys` fees.

At the request of the presiding district judge, the sheriff shall provide a sufficient number of bailiffs to maintain order in the courtroom at all times and to enforce court rules and orders regarding conduct in the courtroom. A bailiff must be present at all times during the court session. The parties must lodge the original of each procedural document with the registry. In addition, a copy of each ticket is filed with the presiding bailiff and served on all parties. A final judgment or judgment shall be rendered within one month of the filing in extraordinary, declaratory and fair proceedings. It is the duty of counsel, when he becomes aware of an impending conflict of schedule, to give written notice to counsel for the opposing party, to the clerks of all courts and to the presiding judges, if known, in all cases, indicating the above-mentioned circumstances relevant to the resolution of the dispute under these rules. Ex-parte communication is inappropriate unless there is sufficient time to resolve the dispute by written notice. It is the express duty of media personnel to confirm that they have read and will abide by these rules and to prove to the President in good time and before any proceedings that the equipment to be used does not produce disturbing noise or light.

Where such prior authorisation is not obtained, the use of such equipment in a procedure may be excluded. Guidelines for people with severely weakened immune systems If original documents are available, parties who are not represented by counsel and legal user must retain the original documents for five (5) years after the final resolution of a claim, including appeals. Any court may order the production of original documents. For these purposes, retention includes paper or portable document format (PDF). No person may send or publish written reports, films, videotapes, photographs, audio tapes or other reports of any kind, recorded or made in or outside the courtroom in which the face of a juror is shown or the identity of a juror is indicated or otherwise identifiable without the prior authorization of the president.