Within thirty days after the day the county court notifies the parties of a final determination of value made pursuant to section seventeen of this article, the owner, Tax Commissioner, protestor or intervenor may request the county commission to certify the evidence and remove and return the record to the circuit court of the county on a writ of certiorari instituted in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-three of this code. For purposes of this article, the recorded testimony of the hearing, when certified by the county commission, may be used by the circuit court as the transcript of testimony.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 11-1A-18

  • Commission: shall mean the West Virginia appraisal control and review commission. See West Virginia Code 11-1A-3
  • Commissioner: means the State Tax Commissioner. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Value: means in the case of any document not a gift, the amount of the full actual consideration for the document, paid or to be paid, including the amount of any lien or liens assumed. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.