Logan County Criminal Docket Searches
The West Virginia Judiciary's Court Record Access page is the starting point for any Logan County criminal docket search. Pick WVPASS for a Circuit Court felony file. Pick MCRSearch for a misdemeanor, traffic matter, warrant, bail event, or felony preliminary examination in Magistrate Court. One case can leave entries at both levels. Each level keeps its own number and docket. That is why the court name printed on a notice matters as much as the party name.
WVPASS asks for free registration and advertises public Circuit Court coverage back to 1999. MCRSearch needs no account. After a CAPTCHA check, it takes a first name, last name, or case number. Results cap at 30. A common name can flood the screen. When that happens, pull the exact case number from the summons, bond paper, indictment, or hearing notice. Search again.
- Identify Circuit or Magistrate Court from the newest case paper.
- Open WVPASS for Circuit Court or MCRSearch for Magistrate Court.
- Enter the case number exactly, or try the full name and a careful spelling variation.
- Check the case header, event schedule, entries, charge, and disposition.
- Ask the proper Logan County clerk to confirm the record or supply a copy.
Two Logan County Criminal Dockets
One arrest can leave two Logan County criminal docket trails. In a felony, Magistrate Court first handles the complaint, warrant, bail, and preliminary examination. After indictment, Circuit Court takes the felony trial docket. So a closed lower-court event proves little on its own. It may not explain what Circuit Court later did. The papers may mention a felony. The lower-court result can also leave gaps. Run a search in both systems.
| Search layer | Typical Logan County matters | Public result |
|---|---|---|
| WVPASS | Felony trials and Circuit Court criminal appeals | Docket data and available public documents |
| MCRSearch | Misdemeanors, traffic, warrants, bail, and felony preliminary steps | Case information, events, parties, and entry list |
| Clerk counter | Older, restricted, uncertain, or document-copy needs | Inspection or copies when permitted |
Neither portal shows everything. MCRSearch returns no document images at all. WVPASS can supply public Circuit Court documents, though access still hinges on each record's security level. For paper copies, the official Magistrate search guidance sends you to the county clerk.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
Think of a Logan County criminal docket as a running case history. It is not one verdict page. The header names the court, county, case style, number, type, status, and judge. Those fields appear where they are public. Each row below it marks a filing or event. MCRSearch sorts this material into blocks labeled Case Location, Case Event Schedule, Case Parties, and Docket Entry. Even a fully visible case can hide protected values within its public record.
| Case number | The court's identifier. An official Circuit example is CC-98-2019-F-4; copy the actual Logan number exactly. |
|---|---|
| Case header | Court, county, case type, style, judge, status, created date, and security level when public. |
| Event schedule | Event type, date and time, room, location, judge, and a reason closed when entered. |
| Docket entry | Record number, filing date, code, description, and filed-by field. |
| Disposition | The recorded result of a charge or case, which may include dismissal, plea, trial result, or sentence entry. |
Always pair the date with the event status. A setting that was continued may still linger in the history. Docket codes are shorthand too, not a plain account of what happened at the hearing. If a date decides whether you must appear, call the listed court office. Give the exact Logan County case number.
Logan County Criminal Docket Scale
The West Virginia Judiciary's 2024 Lower Courts Annual Statistical Report counts 488 Logan Circuit criminal cases. That is across its published categories. That figure sets the scale of the criminal docket load. It is not a live total. Annual tables summarize court activity for the year. They cannot tell you a named case's status or replace a current search.
The official annual-report page appears below. It carries finalized reports plus archived years. The newer dashboard warns that its near-real-time figures remain preliminary.
Let the annual report frame Logan County criminal docket volume. Then turn to WVPASS, MCRSearch, or the clerk for the individual file.
Note: Statistics describe filed cases and court work; they do not prove guilt, innocence, or a present hearing date.
Logan County Criminal Docket Window
WVPASS opened statewide public Circuit Court access on March 10, 2025. Its advertised public records reach back to 1999. That reach helps an older Logan County felony search. It also draws a hard line, though. A case filed before the advertised start date may survive only in paper, archive, or another clerk-held form. Call the Circuit Clerk and ask how the older file is stored.
Registering and searching cost nothing. A regular public user pays 25 cents per downloaded page plus a nominal card fee. Counsel of record can download documents in their own cases without the page charge. None of these account rules decides whether a document is public. Sealed filings and juvenile cases stay excluded. A security limit can still block a document even when its case header is in plain view.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
No two Logan County criminal cases follow one track. A misdemeanor may never leave Magistrate Court. A felony commonly opens there with the complaint and preliminary work, then shifts to Circuit Court for the trial stage. Expect docket rows for warrants, bond actions, arraignments, motions, continuances, pleas, trials, judgments, and sentencing. An entry records what the court logged. It does not tell a party what to do next.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
A closed Magistrate event can mean a transfer, a waiver, a dismissal, or another procedural result. Before calling it the end of a felony, hunt for a related Circuit Court file. The Logan County docket search options break down how number and name searches differ between the two systems.
Logan County Treatment Court Dockets
Not every criminal case in Logan County stays on the ordinary track. Some defendants enter a treatment-court program. The Judiciary lists the Logan Adult Drug Court among them. State statistics call that program active. It began in 2008.
Remember what a program is, though. Treatment court does not erase the criminal file behind it. Do the underlying docket entries stay public? That still turns on the court, the case status, and the access rules that apply.
The Judiciary's own program contact page for the Logan Adult Drug Court shows the named Logan program. That keeps it distinct from any loose mention of rehabilitation.
Track the case number in the court record itself. Treat the program page as context for a Logan County criminal docket, never as a stand-in docket.
Logan County Criminal Docket Courts
Logan County sits in West Virginia's Eleventh Judicial Circuit, paired with Mingo County. The Circuit Court is the general-jurisdiction trial court there, and felony trials happen before it. Logan Magistrate Court takes the smaller stuff: misdemeanors, traffic offenses, warrants, bail, and preliminary examinations in felony cases. Municipal ordinance cases can stay with a municipality that runs its own court. Any federal criminal matter belongs to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. It does not flow to either state portal.
Two clerks hold the keys. Mark McGrew, the Logan County Circuit Clerk, keeps Circuit Court criminal dockets. Michelle L. Copley, the Logan Magistrate Court Clerk, keeps Magistrate case information and copies. Both offices sit at 300 Stratton Street, Logan, WV 25601. The Circuit Clerk answers at 304-792-8550. The Magistrate Clerk takes calls at 304-792-8651 or 304-792-8650.
Logan County Circuit Clerk
Room 311, 300 Stratton Street
Logan, WV 25601
304-792-8550
Logan Magistrate Court Clerk
300 Stratton Street
Logan, WV 25601
304-792-8651 or 304-792-8650
Offline Logan County Criminal Docket Access
Just because a Logan County criminal docket is missing online does not mean it does not exist. The Circuit Clerk keeps free public terminals in the office lobby during posted hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closing from noon to 1:00 p.m. The Magistrate clerk offices kept their public terminals when MCRSearch launched. Call first for current Magistrate counter hours or anything tied to a specific date.
Sending a request by mail, fax, or letter? Identify the office that holds the record, the court level, the case number, a party name, the date range, and the document type. Official sources publish clerk fax numbers but no standard public copy-request email or cover sheet. Confirm delivery and prepayment instructions before any money or original papers go out. West Virginia Code ยง29B-1-3 gives you a public-record request route. Trial Court Rule 10.04 likewise treats clerk-held court records as public, subject to lawful limits.
When a search fails: Check the other court level, try the exact case number, ask about pre-1999 paper files, and contact the proper clerk for non-online documents.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Start with openness, not with a guarantee. Public access is the default rule for a Logan County criminal docket, yet no rule promises that every field or document shows up online. WVPASS screens out sealed and juvenile cases. CourtPLUS also tags digital records with security levels. A clerk can tell you whether a record is open and how to ask for it, but cannot hand out legal advice or push a legal strategy.
Key Rules:
West Virginia Code §51-4-2 makes court records open to inspection and calls for copies unless another law restricts access.
West Virginia Code §49-5-103 keeps juvenile records from general public access except for authorized disclosures.
West Virginia Code §61-8B-19 protects identifying information of certain crime victims in court and law-enforcement records.
One entry can hide while the rest of the case stays open. A sealed, expunged, or protected entry may be invisible in a Logan County criminal docket even then. Ask the court that keeps the original record about its scope.