Search Marshall County Court Dockets

Marshall County Court Docket Searches

Which Marshall County court holds the file? Answer that first. Felonies after transfer and major civil litigation live in Circuit Court. You reach them through the West Virginia Public Access System, known as WVPASS. For misdemeanors and preliminary felony matters, plus small civil cases and most state-law traffic tickets, use the Magistrate Case Record Search. A local ordinance ticket may stay with the city named on the citation.

Gather the party name, the case number, and your best guess at the court before you search. A name search often pulls up several people. Case numbers are sharper. But a Magistrate felony record and its later Circuit case can carry two different identifiers, so keep both handy.

1. Identify the court from the citation, pleading, or notice.
2. Use WVPASS for public Circuit records or MCRSearch for Magistrate information.
3. Check the case header and court before reading events.
4. Find the newest active setting and any later continuance.
5. Ask the responsible clerk for certified or offline records.

Two Marshall County Docket Portals

WVPASS and MCRSearch sit at different court levels. After a free registration, WVPASS lets you browse public Circuit cases filed from July 1, 1999 forward, and public document images cost $0.25 per page plus processing. Those copies are not certified. MCRSearch costs nothing, takes a first name, last name, or case number, and caps you at 30 results. It returns information rather than filed documents.

That division between the two portals matters more than anything else in a Marshall County docket search. A blank screen in one system may simply mean the case belongs to another court, not that no record exists at all.

Court Dockets: What They Show

Think of a Marshall County court docket as the dated register of everything that happens in a case. It names the court, the judge, and the parties. Charges or claims appear there too, along with scheduled events, filed papers, and the disposition. None of that proves an allegation true. A charge stays an accusation until the court records an outcome. A hearing setting is not a judgment.

The layout differs by court. Magistrate results break data into basic case information and charges. Judgments, bonds, an event schedule, parties, and docket entries follow. Circuit orders can add an e-file stamp, a document title, the judge, a reference code, and deadlines.

Marshall County Event Schedule Codes

Start with the newest event on the schedule. Marshall County Magistrate information can list event type, date, time, room, judge, magistrate, and a reason-closed field. "Hearing Continued" tells you a setting moved. "Hearing/Event Closed" can refer only to the event record itself, so it does not reveal the case result on its own.

Setting

A scheduled court event, not always a trial.

Continuance

An order moving an event to another date.

Disposition

The formal outcome recorded for a case or count.

Docket entry

A dated line for a filing, event, payment, or order.

A date that looks shaky deserves a second look. Compare the schedule against the latest notice or order, then confirm with the clerk. The Marshall County court schedule walks through the full date-check process.

Marshall County Courts and Their Dockets

Marshall County sits in West Virginia's Second Judicial Circuit alongside Tyler and Wetzel Counties. Circuit Court serves as the general trial court. Magistrate Court takes on many criminal, traffic, and small civil matters. Family Court holds domestic-relations jurisdiction with its own special access rules. Meanwhile, municipal courts sit outside the unified state court system. They hear local ordinance cases.

The court named at the top of a docket entry decides where your next request goes. Keep in mind that the place where an event occurred does not always name the court with jurisdiction over the case.

Marshall County Clerk Counter Split

Joseph M. Rucki is the Marshall County Circuit Clerk. His office keeps Circuit filings, orders, pleadings, jury records, and Circuit Clerk-recorded Family Court material. His public counter sits in Room 127 at 600 Seventh Street in Moundsville. It is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a records number of 304-845-2130.

Tanya L. Landis, the Magistrate Court Clerk, holds Magistrate criminal, traffic, small-claim, bond, and lower-court files at 511 Sixth Street. Her direct line is 304-221-2701. Connie Howard, the County Clerk, handles county commission, fiduciary and probate administration, marriage, election, land, and indexing records. Those county records are not substitutes for a court docket.

Court Dates and Settings in Marshall County

A Marshall County hearing date can surface in several places. Try an MCRSearch event schedule, a WVPASS notice or order, the citation, or a municipal court record. Read the event type together with the date, time, judge, and location. Then hunt for a later continuance or notice. A closed event line may refer only to that event, not the full case.

No countywide calendar merges every court. When entries conflict or nothing current appears, call the office that owns the file. Circuit and Family matters route through the Circuit Clerk. Magistrate matters go to the Magistrate Clerk. A city ticket belongs to its municipal court. Glen Dale, for instance, publishes a first-and-third-Wednesday pattern. Parties must still confirm the actual date.

Marshall County Docket Access Timeline

Access here is new and still settling. The West Virginia Judiciary announced Magistrate Case Record Search in January 2024. Statewide CourtPLUS and E-File reached Circuit and Family Courts in July 2024. WVPASS launched for all 55 counties in March 2025. It opened public Circuit case information and documents from the stated 1999 coverage date forward.

CourtPLUS itself is the work and filing system for judges, clerks, lawyers, and approved users, not the public lookup. Public readers use WVPASS. In October 2025, the Judiciary announced CourtOne as a future unified system for Circuit, Family, and Magistrate Courts. That announcement does not mean Marshall County already has a new public screen. For now, searches still start with WVPASS and MCRSearch.

Docket Access Under West Virginia Law

West Virginia Trial Court Rules 10.03 and 10.04 back reasonable inspection and copying of court records during usual business hours, subject to law, court rules, and sealing orders. The West Virginia Freedom of Information Act adds its own inspection and copying duties for public records. Court-specific rules still control protected files.

When a file mixes public and protected material, ask for the exact public item you want. The clerk can tell you whether an index, an order, a redacted copy, or no public record at all is available.

Marshall County Records Beyond the Screen

Know what you are asking for before you request anything. MCRSearch shows case information but hands you no papers. WVPASS sells public images for a fee. A download from it is not a certified copy. Only the clerk holding the original can certify a document. A certified copy of a Marshall County court record always comes from that office.

Older Circuit files need a precise request. Give the Circuit Clerk the case number, the caption, the document name, and the date if you know it. WVPASS only reaches public cases filed on or after July 1, 1999. Earlier material may sit in paper, microfilm, or another retained format. Magistrate rules permit any of those retention methods. A narrow, specific request saves everyone time.

How the Clerk Keeps Docket Records

Two offices split the record-keeping in Marshall County. The Circuit Clerk receives Circuit filings, records orders, manages court funds, and issues copies, while the Magistrate Clerk holds custody of that court's files, traffic citations included. The papers themselves form the case file. The docket is simply the chronology that points to those papers and events. The official Marshall County Circuit Clerk page posts the office location and public hours for anyone who must go in person.

That card explains why the clerk still matters. A portal cannot produce a certified, very old, or restricted item. When you call, state the court, the case number, and the exact paper you need.

Marshall County Cases by the Numbers

The 2024 Judiciary report counted 145 Circuit civil filings and 18 Circuit criminal filings for Marshall County, plus 144 Circuit juvenile filings listed separately. These are new cases for the year, not pending totals. On the Magistrate civil side, the report showed 409 small claims, 16 personal-safety petitions, and four domestic-violence petitions, which totals 468 matters in that listed group.

The numbers explain why court choice drives the search. A matter that began in Marshall County can land in civil, criminal, juvenile, family, Magistrate, or municipal records, and each takes its own access path.

Marshall County State and Federal Dockets

A federal case tied to Marshall County never shows up in either state portal. The county sits in the Wheeling Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Federal district and bankruptcy dockets run on PACER and CM/ECF. The federal clerks in Wheeling also offer public terminals and copy channels. Both offices sit at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling. Their clerk offices and phone numbers are distinct.

Costs differ sharply between the two routes. PACER charges $0.10 per page under its fee rules and caps. Courthouse public terminals cost nothing to use. Federal certification comes from the federal clerk. State certification comes from the right Marshall County clerk. Similar labels do not make the systems interchangeable. Search the court named on the filing first, then request the official record from that court. CourtListener and its RECAP collection may offer contributed federal documents at no cost. The archive is incomplete, though, and issues no certified copies.

Bankruptcy searches have several fallbacks. The Northern District Bankruptcy Court lists PACER, its VoiceCase line at 866-222-8029, online or email copy requests, a free public terminal, and clerk copies. Closed cases filed before December 1, 2003 face special limits on public document access. Docket information stays public even then. An older document may require help from the terminal or clerk. Use this federal chain only when the case heading names a United States court. A Marshall County Circuit or Magistrate record stays in the state system.

City-by-City Court Dockets in Marshall County

Five incorporated places lead Marshall County by population: Moundsville, McMechen, Glen Dale, Benwood, and Cameron, per the 2020 Census place counts. Each city can keep ordinance and municipal traffic matters apart from county systems. Start with the city printed on the citation. Move to Magistrate or Circuit records only when the case type or court heading points there. The distinction saves wasted searches.

Municipal records live at city altitude. County portals serve as the fallback only for state-law cases filed in Magistrate or Circuit Court.

Map and Directions to the Marshall County Courthouse

Circuit Court files are kept at the Marshall County Courthouse, 600 Seventh Street in Moundsville. The Circuit Clerk's public counter is in Room 127. Magistrate Court records are held separately at 511 Sixth Street, so a traffic, misdemeanor, or small-claims matter is not filed at the Seventh Street courthouse.

No parking map, security-screening policy, or accessibility details are published for the courthouse, so call the Circuit Clerk before a visit to confirm entry procedure and current hours.