West Virginia County Courts
West Virginia County Courts are another source for people search, criminal records and background checks. Search for personal and criminal records find people you are tyring to locate or find criminal history and get background check through county court records.
County courts usually oversee civil cases such housing, mortgage disputes, repayment, felonies, all cases of equity and eviction, reposession, personal injury cases, breach of contract, small claims, and divorces and adoptions, violations of county law and statues, traffic cases. Also land appropriations, guardianships, probate, involuntary hospitalization for mental institutes. Probate courts also rule over last testaments and wills. So whether you have a case you need to take to court or you want to research other cases or someones background county courts have a wealth of civil court cases to be researched most background checks include civil cases and document case numbers, offenses and judgements and convictions for felonies or any other matter.
If you are researching marriage and divorce county courts are the place to start your search of course you can try to save yourself time by getting an online report usually background checks and some people search reports include some of the information you search in courts but if you don't want to spend the money or have time to do the research yourself you can go to the court and request to see files and documents unless the case file is sealed by a judge for privacy.
Also County courts are where you can do searches for marriage records or to obtain marriage certificates if you are planning to get married.
West Virginia County Court Records
Barbour
Barbour Clerk
P.O. Box 310, 8 N. Main St.
Philippi, WV 26416-0310
Telephone: (304) 457-2232
Berkeley
Berkeley Clerk
100 W. King St.
Martinsburg, WV 25401-3210
Telephone: (304) 267-3000
Boone
Boone Clerk
200 State St., Courthouse
Madison, WV 25130
Telephone: (304) 369-3925
Braxton
Braxton Clerk
P.O. Box 486
Sutton, WV 26601-0486
Telephone: (304) 765-2833
Brooke
Brooke Clerk
632 Main St.
Wellsburg, WV 26070
Telephone: (304) 737-3661
Cabell
Cabell Clerk
750 5th Ave., Room 108
Huntington, WV 25701
Telephone: (304) 526-8625
Calhoun
Calhoun Clerk
P.O. Box 230
Grantsville, WV 26147
Telephone: (304) 354-6725
Clay
Clay Clerk
P.O. Box 190
Clay, WV 25043
Telephone: (304) 587-4259
Doddridge
Doddridge Clerk
118 E. Court St., Room 102
West Union, WV 26456
Telephone: (304) 873-2631
Fayette
Fayette Clerk
P.O. Box 569, Courthouse
Fayetteville, WV 25840
Telephone: (304) 574-1200
Gilmer
Gilmer Clerk
10 Howard St., Courthouse
Glenville, WV 26351
Telephone: (304) 462-7641
Grant
Grant Clerk
5 Highland Ave.
Petersburg, WV 26847-1705
Telephone: (304) 257-4422
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Clerk
P.O. Box 506
Lewisburg, WV 24901-0506
Telephone: (304) 647-6602
Hampshire
Hampshire Clerk
P.O. Box 806
Romney, WV 26757
Telephone: (304) 822-5112
Hancock
Hancock Clerk
P.O. Box 367
New Cumberland, WV 26047
Telephone: (304) 564-3311
Hardy
Hardy Clerk
P.O. Box 540, 204 Washington St., Room 111
Moorefield, WV 26836-0540
Telephone: (304) 538-2929
Harrison
Harrison Clerk
301 W. Main St.
Clarksburg, WV 26301-2909
Telephone: (304) 624-8611
Jackson
Jackson Clerk
P.O. Box 800
Ripley, WV 25271
Telephone: (304) 372-2011
Jefferson
Jefferson Clerk
P.O. Box 208
Charles Town, WV 25414
Telephone: (304) 725-9761
Kanawha
Kanawha Clerk
P.O. Box 3226
Charleston, WV 25332-3226
Telephone: (304) 357-0101
Lewis
Lewis Clerk
P.O. Box 87
Weston, WV 26452-0087
Telephone: (304) 269-8215
Lincoln
Lincoln Clerk
P.O. Box 497
Hamlin, WV 25523-0497
Telephone: (304) 824-3336
Logan
Logan Clerk
Courthouse Square, Room 101
Logan, WV 25601
Telephone: (304) 792-8620
Marion
Marion Clerk
P.O. Box 1267, Courthouse
Fairmont, WV 26554
Telephone: (304) 367-5440
Marshall
Marshall Clerk
P.O. Box 459
Moundsville, WV 26041-0459
Telephone: (304) 845-1220
Mason
Mason Clerk
200 6th St.
Point Pleasant, WV 25550
Telephone: (304) 675-1997
McDowell
McDowell Clerk
P.O. Box 967, 90 Wyoming St., Suite 109
Welch, WV 24801-0447
Telephone: (304) 436-8544
Mercer
Mercer Clerk
1501 W. Main St.
Princeton, WV 24740-1716
Telephone: (304) 487-8311
Mineral
Mineral Clerk
150 Armstrong St.
Keyser, WV 26726-0250
Telephone: (304) 788-3924
Mingo
Mingo Clerk
P.O. Box 1197
Williamson, WV 25661-1197
Telephone: (304) 235-0330
Monongalia
Monongalia Clerk
243 High St.
Morgantown, WV 26505
Telephone: (304) 291-7230
Monroe
Monroe Clerk
P.O. Box 350, Courthouse
Union, WV 24983
Telephone: (304) 772-3096
Morgan
Morgan Clerk
202 Fairfax St.
Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
Telephone: (304) 258-2774
Nicholas
Nicholas Clerk
700 Main St., Courthouse
Summersville, WV 26651
Telephone: (304) 872-3630
Ohio
Ohio Clerk
1500 Chapline St.,
Rm. 205 City Bldg.
Wheeling, WV 26003-3553
Telephone: (304) 234-3656
Pendleton
Pendleton Clerk
P.O. Box 1167
Franklin, WV 26807
Telephone: (304) 358-2505
Pleasants
Pleasants Clerk
301 Court Ln., Room 101
Saint Marys, WV 26170
Telephone: (304) 684-7542
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Clerk
900C 10th Ave.
Marlinton, WV 24954-1333
Telephone: (304) 799-4549
Preston
Preston Clerk
101 W. Main St., Room 201
Kingwood, WV 26537-1121
Telephone: (304) 329-0070
Putnam
Putnam Clerk
3389 Winfield Rd.
Winfield, WV 25213
Telephone: (304) 586-0202
Raleigh
Raleigh Clerk
Courthouse, 215 Main St.
Beckley, WV 25801
Telephone: (304) 255-9123
Randolph
Randolph Clerk
P.O. Box 368
Elkins, WV 26241
Telephone: (304) 636-0543
Ritchie
Ritchie Clerk
115 E. Main St., Room 201
Harrisville, WV 26362
Telephone: (304) 643-2164
Roane
Roane Clerk
P.O. Box 69
Spencer, WV 25276
Telephone: (304) 927-2860
Summers
Summers Clerk
P.O. Box 97
Hinton, WV 25951-0097
Telephone: (304) 466-7104
Taylor
Taylor Clerk
214 W. Main St.
Grafton, WV 26354
Telephone: (304) 265-1401
Tucker
Tucker Clerk
215 1st St.
Parsons, WV 26287
Telephone: (304) 478-2414
Tyler
Tyler Clerk
P.O. Box 66
Middlebourne, WV 26149-0066
Telephone: (304) 758-2102
Upshur
Upshur Clerk
40 W. Main St., Room 101
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Telephone: (304) 472-1068
Wayne
Wayne Clerk
P.O. Box 248
Wayne, WV 25570
Telephone: (304) 272-6365
Webster
Webster Clerk
2 Court Square, Room G1
Webster Springs, WV 26288
Telephone: (304) 847-2508
Wetzel
Wetzel Clerk
P.O. Box 156
New Martinsville, WV 26155-0156
Telephone: (304) 455-8224
Wirt
Wirt Clerk
P.O. Box 53
Elizabeth, WV 26143-0053
Telephone: (304) 275-4271
Wood
Wood Clerk
P.O. Box 1474
Parkersburg, WV 26102
Telephone: (304) 424-1850
Wyoming
Wyoming Clerk
P.O. Box 309
Pineville, WV 24874-0309
Telephone: (304) 732-8000