Rule 17.04 Time

This rule tells you how to count deadlines when following Rule 17.04. Instead of setting out its own method, it points you to another rule, West Virginia Rule of Civil Procedure 6, which explains how to calculate time limits in court cases.

In practice, this means you need to check Rule 6 to figure out things like which day to start counting from, whether weekends and holidays count, and how deadlines work when a time period is short. This keeps the counting method consistent across different court rules, so you do not have to learn a separate system just for this one rule.

If you are trying to figure out when a deadline falls, look at Rule 6 for the actual steps. This rule simply confirms that those same counting rules apply here too.