Logan County Court Case Lookup

Criminal Court Cases in Logan County

Logan County splits criminal filings between two state courts. Logan County Magistrate Court hears misdemeanors and handles complaints, warrants, bond proceedings, initial appearances, and preliminary stages in felony matters. Logan County Circuit Court conducts felony trials and keeps indictments, motions, pleas, judgments, and sentencing orders. Logan and Mingo counties have formed the Eleventh Judicial Circuit since January 1, 2025. Older sources that call Logan part of the Seventh Circuit reflect the map in force when they were issued.

The clerk depends on the level of the case. Magistrate Clerk Wendy J. Williams can be reached at 304-792-8651 or 304-792-8650. Circuit Clerk Mark McGrew can be reached at 304-792-8550. Both offices are at the Logan County Courthouse, 300 Stratton Street, Logan, WV 25601. The West Virginia Judiciary directory is the current source for court assignments and contact details, while the Logan County Circuit Clerk page describes the local clerk's custodial role.

The Judiciary's Logan court directory shows how these separate courts share a local records hub.

That shared address does not merge the files. A Magistrate complaint remains a Magistrate record, and a Circuit indictment remains with the Circuit Clerk.

Logan County Magistrate Case Search

The free Magistrate Case Record Search, or MCR, is the first online stop for Logan County misdemeanor records and preliminary felony events. A user accepts the disclaimer, then searches by a name or case number. Results stop at 30. A missing match can mean the desired case fell outside that cap, is too new to appear, belongs to another court, or is restricted. It does not prove that no case exists.

The official MCR gate shows the terms a user must accept before searching Logan County court records.

The portal exposes structured Logan County case data but no document downloads. Save the Case ID and ask the Magistrate Clerk for the complaint, order, or docket entry that matters.

Logan County Case Record Searches

A sound Logan County case search follows the filing from the portal to its custodian. Use the name fields for discovery, but use a case number once it is known. Each Logan County case number helps the clerk distinguish similar names and locate a particular document.

1. Open MCR for a misdemeanor or felony preliminary matter. Accept its disclaimer before entering search terms.
2. Enter first name, last name, or the case number. Refine broad name searches because the result set ends at 30.
3. Record the Case ID, filing court and date, agency, charges, events, and status. Do not copy a full birth date into an informal note.
4. Use WVPASS for a felony that has reached Circuit Court. Compare the Circuit docket with the earlier Magistrate entry.
5. Call the clerk that holds the case and name the docket entry or order needed. Ask about inspection, an electronic copy in its stored format, or a paper copy.

WVPASS for Logan County Felonies

WVPASS supplies the public Circuit Court layer. Registered users may obtain public documents for a nominal fee, but the official research did not confirm an exact current charge or stable set of dynamic search fields. Do not assume that a feature or price seen in an older screen still applies. When WVPASS does not return the needed Logan County felony record, give the Circuit Clerk the case number and identify the specific pleading, order, judgment, or docket entry.

The WVPASS interface is the state path for Logan County Circuit case access.

Its online view is one access channel. The Circuit Clerk remains the source for a reliable Logan County case copy and can explain which public item is available.

Note: A felony arrest charge may change before indictment, so compare the arrest entry with the filed Circuit Court charge.

What a Criminal Case File Contains

A Logan County criminal file is wider than a search result. MCR may show basic Logan County case data, charges, scheduled events, parties, docket entries, and nonmonetary sentences. A complaint records an allegation. The docket then tracks what was filed and when. Plea and disposition fields may stay blank until the court enters a value. Blank does not always mean that no event occurred.

MCR has displayed a full date of birth in a public party block. Public access is not a reason to republish an unnecessary identifier. Use it only as needed to distinguish the right file.

Reading Logan County Case IDs

An observed Logan County misdemeanor ID follows the form YY-M23M-NNNNN. The Logan County case number is the best bridge from an online result to the clerk's file. Other blocks answer different questions: Basic Case Information identifies the court, filing date, case type, and agency; Charges lists counts and statutory text; Events gives the schedule; Parties states roles; and Docket Entry provides the chronological index.

Complaint

The document that states the alleged offense at the start of a Magistrate case.

Docket

The ordered list of filings and court events, not the full text of each document.

Disposition

The result entered for a charge, such as dismissal, plea, acquittal, or conviction.

Initial appearance

An early court event addressing the complaint and basic rights.

The portal's generic claim or amount field should not be read as a criminal fine unless a supporting financial entry confirms that meaning.

Criminal Case Stages in Logan County

A Logan County criminal case does not begin and end with an arrest. The arresting agency creates its own event record. A complaint brings the allegation to Magistrate Court. A misdemeanor can remain there through disposition. A felony normally uses Magistrate Court for early proceedings and can move by indictment to Circuit Court, where motions, plea or trial, judgment, and sentence are entered.

Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing

The Logan County Prosecuting Attorney handles state charging and presents felonies to the grand jury. That is why an officer's arrest label may not match the final count in the court file. For the broader arrest trail before charges are filed, use the contextual Logan County arrest search.

Federal Cases Outside Logan Court Search

Federal matters from Logan County do not appear in MCR or WVPASS. They route to the Southern District of West Virginia's Charleston Division. The Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse is at 300 Virginia Street East, Suite 2400, Charleston, and the main number is 304-347-3000. PACER holds federal dockets. It charges $0.10 per page, most documents cap at $3, and a quarter with charges of $30 or less is waived. Search-result pages can incur a fee even with no match.

The federal court location page shows the separate courthouse serving Logan County federal cases.

This federal layer is distinct from the Logan County state clerks and their portals.

The official PACER pricing page sets out query and document costs.

For a paper or archived copy, the federal clerk lists separate copy and retrieval charges, so confirm the case and document number first.

Access Rules for Case Records

West Virginia Trial Court Rule 10.04 treats writings used in court business as public unless law or a court order restricts them. Ask the actual custodian for inspection during usual business hours. When a record is stored in an electronic form, a requester may seek that stored format. The fee standard is actual cost. Rule 10.03 also permits a court to limit access through an order that states the reason, scope, and duration.

Juvenile files, sealed cases, protected victim data, and material covered by a specific order will not be open in the same way as a public adult docket. West Virginia Code section 61-8B-19 protects a sexual-offense victim's identity. A missing web result may also reflect a delay, the wrong court, a narrow search, or the MCR result cap. Call the clerk before concluding that a Logan County court record does not exist.

Getting Logan County Court Documents

Neither a portal summary nor a fingerprint-linked state history reproduces every pleading, hearing note, and order. For a Magistrate document, contact the Magistrate Clerk with the Case ID and the desired docket entry. For a Circuit filing, contact the Circuit Clerk with the case number and document name. Ask whether inspection, paper copy, or the stored electronic format best fits the record. The research confirms a nominal MCR copy fee and actual-cost standards, but it does not establish an exact local copy or certification charge.

Call before travel because official court-counter hours were not confirmed in the research. Name the exact record sought rather than asking one clerk for every kind of criminal history.