Rule 12.01 Applicability

Every court clerk's office in West Virginia must have a fax machine. This means courts can accept faxed documents as official filings, like pleadings and other paperwork you'd normally file in person or by mail.

Courts can also use fax machines to send documents to people involved in a case. However, this only applies when these specific rules allow it, and only if faxing doesn't conflict with other laws or court rules already in place.

For anyone dealing with a court case, this means you may have the option to fax certain documents to the clerk's office instead of showing up in person or mailing them. It also means the court itself might send you documents by fax. Just keep in mind that not every document can be faxed. This depends on what other rules and laws say about that specific type of paperwork.