West Virginia Code Chapter 50. Magistrate Courts § 50-3-2. Costs in criminal proceedings

(1) Costs in the amount of $60, of which $5 of that amount shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by § 29-26-6 of this code;

(2) an amount equal to the one-day per diem provided for in § 15A-3-16(g) of this code; and

(3) costs in the amount of $30 to be deposited in the Regional Jail Operations Partial Reimbursement Fund created by § 15A-3-16 of this code. A magistrate may not collect costs in advance. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person liable for fines and court costs in a criminal proceeding in which the defendant is confined in a jail or prison and not participating in a work-release program shall not be held liable for the fines and court costs until 180 days after completion of the term in jail or prison. A magistrate court shall deposit $5 from each of the criminal proceedings fees collected pursuant to this section in the Court Security Fund created in § 51-3-14 of this code. A magistrate court shall, on or before the 10th day of the month following the month in which the fees imposed in this section were collected, remit an amount equal to the one-day per diem provided for in § 15A-3-16(g) of this code from each of the criminal proceedings in which the fees specified in this section were collected to the magistrate court clerk, or if there is no magistrate court clerk to the clerk of the circuit, together with information required by the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals and the rules of the Office of Chief Inspector. These moneys are paid to the sheriff who shall distribute the moneys solely in accordance with the provisions of § 7-5-15 of this code. Amendments made to this section during the 2001 regular session of the Legislature are effective after June 30, 2001.