Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Marshall County, West Virginia, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In West Virginia the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the West Virginia State Police is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Marshall County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Marshall County public records, Marshall County arrest records, Marshall County warrants, Marshall County inmate search, Marshall County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Marshall County Circuit Court
In West Virginia the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Marshall County are heard by the Marshall County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, the larger civil cases and juvenile matters; the Magistrate Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $10,000, and the file of each case is kept by the Circuit Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/marshall_county (page title: Marshall County Information | West Virginia Judiciary), phone 304-221-2697, 600 Seventh Street Moundsville, WV 26041, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
West Virginia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The West Virginia Criminal History and Your Own Copy
West Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the West Virginia State Police goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Marshall County Circuit Court is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Marshall County
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Moundsville, McMechen, Glen Dale, Benwood and Cameron keep the arrest records in Marshall County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, one state police unit and two state agencies in Marshall County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Wheeling Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Marshall County, so its arrests are not broken out for Marshall County here.
Together, the four agencies in Marshall County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 485 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Marshall County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Marshall County in 2025
The four agencies in Marshall County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 31 violent and 222 property crimes to the FBI that year; the three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 253 crimes in 2025 against 222 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Marshall County public records guide.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Marshall County
Charges in Marshall County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Marshall County Circuit Court or the Magistrate Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at marshallcountywv.gov/agencies/prosecutors-office (page title: Prosecutor's Office | Marshall County Commission), phone (304) 845-3580, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Marshall County
Registered sex offenders living in Marshall County are listed on the West Virginia Sex Offender Registry, run by the West Virginia State Police at apps.wv.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Marshall County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Marshall County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Marshall County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the West Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Can I search Marshall County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtswv.gov (page title: Marshall County Information | West Virginia Judiciary).
How do I get my own West Virginia criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Who prosecutes crimes in Marshall County?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at (304) 845-3580, which files its cases in the Marshall County Circuit Court or the Magistrate Court.
Is this the official Marshall County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.