A West Virginia Motion to Continue The Automatic Stay is a legal motion that is filed with a court to keep a creditor from collecting debt from a debtor while a bankruptcy case is pending. This motion prevents creditors from pursuing collection activities such as filing lawsuits, garnishing wages, and foreclosing on property. There are two types of West Virginia Motion to Continue The Automatic Stay: the Motion to Extend the Automatic Stay and the Motion to Reinstate the Automatic Stay. The Motion to Extend the Automatic Stay is used to ask the court to extend the protection of the Automatic Stay beyond the time it would normally expire. The Motion to Reinstate the Automatic Stay is used to ask the court to reinstate the Automatic Stay when it has been terminated due to a creditor’s motion.