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Legal Information: West Virginia
Updated:
November 6, 202348-27-511. Purging of domestic violence files
Two years after the entry of a final protective order, the circuit court, may, upon motion, order that the protective order and references to the order be purged from the file maintained by any law-enforcement agency and may further order that the file maintained by the court be sealed and not opened except upon order of the court when such is in the interest of justice.
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