Glen Dale Court Docket Searches
No name-search form sits on the official Glen Dale Municipal Court page. So begin with the ticket or mailed notice instead. A citation written by Glen Dale Police for a municipal code violation stays with the Municipal Court. State-law traffic or misdemeanor cases are different. They can land in Marshall County Magistrate Court.
- Read the court name and issuing agency on the citation.
- Keep the citation number, full name, and any set date available.
- For a city matter, call, email, visit, or write to Glen Dale Municipal Court.
- For a state Magistrate matter, use MCRSearch by name or case number.
- Confirm the current setting and request any needed copy from its custodian.
Call the Glen Dale court staff at 304-845-5511 or write to gdcourt376@glendalewv.gov. The office sits at 402 Wheeling Avenue, Glen Dale, WV 26038. Doors are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except holidays, and the fax number is 304-845-3475.
Glen Dale Court at Wheeling Avenue
The official Glen Dale Municipal Court page is the city's main point of access to its court. It names the court, gives the location and contact channels, and lays out the schedule pattern, payment methods, and steps for requesting a court date or payment plan. Treat it as a service route rather than a research tool. It is not a docket database.
Glen Dale Municipal Court
402 Wheeling Avenue
Glen Dale, WV 26038
304-845-5511
gdcourt376@glendalewv.gov
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pleadings of every kind go to the Court Clerk. The court email also accepts proof of insurance. It takes payment-plan affidavits or payment information, post-judgment materials, court certifications, and dispositions too. Give the clerk enough case or citation detail to route each item correctly. Avoid placing sensitive data in an ordinary email. Do not use it unless the court instructs you to send it that way.
Inside the Glen Dale Municipal Court
Glen Dale Municipal Court processes citations that Glen Dale Police write for municipal code violations. It schedules hearings and reports violations to the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. James C. Gardill and J. Christopher Gardill serve as municipal judges. The court's authority is local. It cannot replace Marshall County Magistrate Court for state-law misdemeanors and traffic cases.
Mayor Janet M. Scott appears on the city page. Record questions go to the Municipal Court clerk instead. Tell the clerk exactly what you need. It might be the citation, a docket entry, payment history, a disposition, a certification, or another filed paper. Those are different record requests. The city posts no copy-price schedule. Confirm the fee and delivery method before you send anything.
Glen Dale Court Page Image
The city's official Municipal Court page lists the local court schedule along with its payment and appearance options.
The page itself makes the access picture plain. Glen Dale offers a direct clerk route and a general calendar pattern, yet no public case-search field or party list.
Finding Glen Dale Court Dates
Glen Dale criminal and traffic court usually meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Glen Dale City Building. A recognized federal or state holiday shifts the session. That recurring rhythm helps with planning. Even so, the notice mailed to a particular defendant controls the actual Glen Dale court date.
| Date | The assigned date mailed by the court, checked against the recurring calendar. |
|---|---|
| Time | The city publishes a 5 p.m. general session time. |
| Location | Glen Dale City Building at 402 Wheeling Avenue. |
| Judge | One of the municipal judges assigned to the setting. |
| Setting type | Traffic, criminal, appearance, payment-plan, or another municipal matter. |
Want a setting? Bring or mail the citation with a statement asking to appear, call during office hours, or email the citation and your request. The court then assigns the date and mails notice. Keep that notice, because it is more specific than the first-and-third-Wednesday pattern.
Glen Dale Continuance Deadline
Need more time? Glen Dale asks you to call at least 24 hours before the scheduled court date. A continuance request is not an approved reset by itself. Confirm the court granted it and get the replacement date. If the deadline has passed, contact the court at once. Do not assume the setting moved.
Appearance warning: Glen Dale states that DUI defendants must appear in court.
Payment or a general email does not replace an appearance when the court requires one.
A missed setting can create a second court problem. Ask the clerk whether the docket now shows a failure-to-appear event, warrant or capias, fee, new date, or other order. A licensed attorney can advise on the effect in a specific case.
Glen Dale Traffic Ticket Lookups
The city runs no searchable ticket database. Use the number printed on the citation and contact the Municipal Court clerk directly. Ask for the charge or ordinance. Also request the current setting, payment status, the disposition, and the copy route. A Glen Dale Police citation issued under state law may instead be filed in Magistrate Court. There, MCRSearch takes a first name, last name, or case number.
Payment options are broad. In person, the city takes check, money order, cash, or credit and debit card. Mail goes by check or money order payable to Glen Dale Municipal Court. Include a citation copy or the citation number. Card payments work by phone during office hours, and online payment runs around the clock. User fees may apply to card or phone service.
Paying is not the same as contesting. Someone who wants to appear should request a date through the court's published routes. The Marshall County traffic court page explains how state Magistrate citations differ from municipal tickets.
Four Glen Dale Payment Routes
Glen Dale stands out for payment options. The city publishes four ways to pay a ticket, a level of detail other Marshall County municipal sources skip. Match the route to what the citation allows and whether a receipt is needed.
| Route | Method | Point to keep |
|---|---|---|
| Counter | Cash, check, money order, or card | Request and retain a receipt. |
| Check or money order | Include citation copy or number. | |
| Phone | Credit or debit card | Call 304-845-5511 during hours. |
| Online | City payment link | Available 24 hours; user fees may apply. |
Paying online settles a Glen Dale ticket, but it is not a docket lookup. The screen will not show hearing history, filed pleadings, or a disposition. When the aim is a court date, a contest, a payment plan, or a certified record, call the court instead.
How Glen Dale Cases Reach the County
A code matter handled by Glen Dale Municipal Court stays there unless it is appealed. State-law traffic and misdemeanor charges belong to Marshall County Magistrate Court. Felonies and major civil cases go higher. Qualifying lower-court appeals can reach the Circuit Court of West Virginia.
Docket flow: Glen Dale Municipal Court › Marshall County lower-court appeal › Circuit Court of West Virginia
Each stage needs its own search. A Glen Dale citation will not automatically appear in WVPASS or MCRSearch. An appeal creates records at the next level, yet the municipal court still holds the original docket and disposition. The Marshall County court docket lays out the county-level routing.
Glen Dale Citation or MCRSearch
The court named at the top of the citation settles the question. If it reads Glen Dale Municipal Court, go to the city clerk. Marshall County Magistrate Court means MCRSearch and the Magistrate Clerk. WVPASS serves public Circuit Court records only and is not a city ticket portal.
| Record | First route | Copy custodian |
|---|---|---|
| City code citation | Glen Dale court phone, email, counter, or mail | Glen Dale Court Clerk |
| State traffic case | MCRSearch or Magistrate payment system | Marshall Magistrate Clerk |
| Circuit appeal | WVPASS | Marshall Circuit Clerk |
This routing is why a no-match result is not the final answer. Confirm the court level first, then ask the office that holds the record.
Who Can See Glen Dale Court Records
Send municipal record requests straight to Glen Dale's court custodian. Include the citation or case number, the exact document, the date, and whether a plain or certified copy is needed. West Virginia's public-record framework supports inspection and copying through that office. Court rules, statutes, and lawful restrictions still govern what is released.
Key rules:
West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, section 29B-1-3, provides a route to inspect or copy public records through the custodian.
West Virginia Code section 49-5-103 keeps juvenile proceeding records confidential except through authorized disclosure.
West Virginia Code section 61-11-26 governs the sealing effect of a granted criminal expungement.
Sealed, juvenile, redacted, and other restricted material stays closed. A clerk can confirm the access status without revealing protected contents.
Glen Dale by the Numbers
Glen Dale counted 1,496 residents in the Census 2020 incorporated-place table. That ranks it third among Marshall County's five profiled cities. Population says nothing about court filings, and the city publishes no annual municipal caseload count.
Access, not a guessed caseload, is the useful local point. No other city source in the county matches Glen Dale's municipal-court detail. The city posts an email address, regular hours, a recurring calendar, and several payment and appearance routes.