W.Va. Trial. Ct. R. 1.03
Each court, and in multi-judge circuits by action of a majority of its judges, may from time to time propose local rules and amendments of local rules not inconsistent with the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, the West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure, the West Virginia Trial Court Rules, or with any directive of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. A proposed rule or amendment shall not be effective until approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals. No local procedure shall be effective unless adopted as a local rule in accordance with this section. To obtain approval, seven copies of any proposed local rule or amendment of a local rule shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of Appeals through the Office of the Clerk. Reasonable uniformity of local rules is required. Numbering and format of any proposed local rule or amendment of a local rule shall be as prescribed by the Supreme Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court of Appeals' approval of a local rule or local procedure shall not preclude review of that rule or procedure under the law or circumstances of a particular case.
W.Va. Trial. Ct. R. 1.03