Why We Built This Site
West Virginia permits broad public access to court activity and records, subject to sealing and confidentiality rules. The difficult step is finding the custodian. Brian P. Gaudet, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Upshur County, keeps Circuit and Family records. Geneva Peggs, Magistrate Court Clerk, handles Magistrate case information and copies. WVPASS and MCRSearch serve those two court levels through different public systems. We organize the verified contacts, portal limits, case fields, and request routes so a reader can start with the office that actually holds the record.
What You Will Find Here
- Docket guides: how criminal dockets and civil dockets are searched and read in Upshur 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 with no connection to a West Virginia court, clerk, or public agency. Its limits are firm:
- 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
Outside providers power search boxes on some pages. They control their services, results, and prices. A paid signup reached through one of those tools may generate a referral fee that supports free access to this reference. We do not set the provider's charges or decide which records its results display.