According to Black's Law Dictionary, 8^th edition a statute is defined as:

"A law passed by a legislative body."

Michie's West Virginia Code Annotated and West's Annotated Code of West Virginia contain the laws of West Virginia passed by the West Virginia Legislature. The Code is organized by Chapter, Article, and Section.

For both Michie's West Virginia Code Annotated and West's Annotated Code of West Virginia, the volume number and the chapters contained within each volume are located on the spine of each volume. The spine of each volume of Michie's West Virginia Code Annotated also contain the date of the replacement volume. Both publications have an outline of the Chapters contained within the West Virginia Code printed in the front of each volume.

Michie's West Virginia Code Annotated is updated with pocket parts and soft bound supplements as laws are amended. The Advanced Code Service pamphlets are published three times a year in between Code supplements to keep the Code up-to-date. The Advanced Code Service may also include legislation from extraordinary sessions.

West's Annotated Code of West Viriginia is updated annually with pocket parts. West's West Virginia Legislative Service Pamphlets are issued during and immediately after each session of the Legislature to keep the Code up-to-date.

Michie's West Virginia Code Annotated or West's Annotated Code of West Virginia is cited as: W.Va. Code §19-7-10 (1997). 

19=Chapter  7=Article  10=Section  (1997)=Publication year of the volume.

When citing to a statute in the pocket part, cite as W.Va. Code §19-7-10 (2001), using the publication year of the pocket part. 

There are two copies of Michie's West Virginia Code Annotated in the WVU College of Law Library: