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About Ritchie County Court Docket

Ritchie County court dockets and case records are divided among circuit, family, magistrate, and municipal custodians. WVPASS covers public circuit material, MCRSearch covers magistrate case information, and neither system replaces the clerk who holds the official file. This private reference site organizes those routes so a reader can identify the correct public portal, court office, address, or phone number without confusing the Circuit Clerk with the separate County Clerk.

Why We Built This Site

Public access in West Virginia starts with the correct custodian. Melanie D. Wilson, the Ritchie County Circuit Clerk, maintains circuit and family court files. Lora Nutt, the Magistrate Court Clerk, is the copy and confirmation contact for magistrate matters. Municipal recorders handle local ordinance records, while County Clerk Angela Hardbarger keeps deeds, liens, probate, wills, and vital records rather than circuit dockets. The site brings together the official search routes, contact details, request steps, and local access limits that distinguish those offices.

What You Will Find Here

  • Docket guides: how criminal dockets and civil dockets are searched and read in Ritchie County
  • Court dates and settings: how to read the court calendar and confirm a hearing date or setting
  • Case lookups: how to run a case search by party name or case number through the statewide portal
  • Record requests: how court records and certified copies are requested from the clerk of court

What We Cannot Do

This is a privately run reference site. We have no connection to any West Virginia court, clerk of court, or state agency. There are real limits to what we can help with:

  • We cannot pull an official docket sheet or case file for anyone
  • We cannot change, reschedule, or reset a court date or hearing setting
  • We cannot remove, seal, or amend a case on any docket
  • We cannot issue certified copies of any docket, order, or court document
  • We cannot give legal advice or explain how a specific case applies to you
  • We cannot guarantee that every phone number, fee, or setting listed on this site is current right now

Only the clerk of court or the trial court that heard the case can issue an official or certified copy of a docket sheet or court record. We can point you to the right office, but the document has to come from them.

Search Partners

Some pages on this site include search boxes powered by third-party providers. Those companies set their own pricing and run their own services. When you use one of those tools and it leads to a paid signup, we may earn a referral fee. That revenue helps keep this site free for visitors. We do not control what those tools charge or what shows up in their results.