---
type: Person
title: "Vernon Criss"
description: "WV House District 12 — WV State House of Representatives District 12"
role: "WV House District 12"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WV"
district: "WV State House of Representatives District 12"
represents: "us/states/wv/districts/house/12"
tenure:
  start: "2022-12-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "30855c75-e043-4f95-afdc-ea7b5d88cae8"
  office: "5157f4ef-a4cb-4f23-8a71-363ce6e706b3"
  tenure: "2098771a-840a-4f64-825e-505d5c4c3a94"
  jurisdiction: "fe2edb46-da1f-45fb-ad09-d8532d84126f"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wv]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Vernon Criss

Current WV House District 12 (WV State House of Representatives District 12).

Represents [WV State House of Representatives District 12](/us/states/wv/districts/house/12.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).