Tyler County Criminal Docket Searches
Tyler County criminal court dockets are split between two official systems. Start at the West Virginia court-record access page. Choose WVPASS for a public Circuit Court case, including a felony that has reached Circuit Court. Choose MCRSearch for a Magistrate misdemeanor, citation, or the first stage of a felony complaint. WVPASS requires free public registration. MCRSearch is free and needs no account. Neither choice should be based on the offense name alone when a case has moved between courts.
Gather the defendant name, county, court level, filing date, and exact case number if known. West Virginia has not published a Tyler-specific Circuit case-number pattern, so do not force a Magistrate format into WVPASS. An official payment-system example such as ##-M##X-##### belongs to a Magistrate payment lookup. If the portal does not return the case, use the clerk fallbacks rather than treating the blank result as proof that no docket exists.
- Choose WVPASS for Circuit Court or MCRSearch for Magistrate Court.
- In MCRSearch, enter a first name, last name, or case number. Use the live WVPASS fields as shown after login.
- Match the county, filing date, charge, and case identifier before opening the result.
- Read each dated entry through the plea, disposition, sentence, or appeal stage.
- Ask the correct Tyler County clerk for a filed document or authenticated copy.
Two Tyler Criminal Search Systems
The portals answer different questions. WVPASS provides public Circuit Court case information and public documents dating back to 1999. Search and registration are free, while a public document download costs 25 cents per page plus the card-processing fee. Sealed filings and juvenile cases are not available. The site launched statewide on March 10, 2025, giving Tyler County readers a newer online path to many Circuit criminal files that once required a clerk visit.
MCRSearch shows Magistrate case information, not the document images. It can return a filing date, charge, disposition, names and birthdates subject to current redaction rules, and a list of documents. Results are capped at 30. A broad name can therefore hide a matching Tyler County criminal court docket beyond the cap. Narrow the query with an exact case number when possible, then note the county and record ID before contacting the clerk.
| System | Tyler criminal coverage | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| WVPASS | Public Circuit criminal cases and documents | Account required; protected files excluded |
| MCRSearch | Magistrate criminal case information | No document images; up to 30 results |
| Magistrate Payment System | Exact citation, case, or payment-plan lookup | Payment tool, not a full docket viewer |
Note: A payment result confirms a payment path, not the full Tyler County criminal docket or a clerk-certified disposition.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
A Tyler County criminal court docket is a dated event list. It links the case header to charges, settings, filed papers, court orders, and the outcome. A Magistrate result may show fewer fields than a Circuit record. WVPASS can add public document links, but the event label and the document are not the same thing. Read the filing itself when the exact terms of an order, plea, or sentence matter.
| Case identity | Court, county, case number, filing date, caption, and status when published. |
|---|---|
| Charge | The alleged offense or citation and, when shown, the statute or degree. |
| Settings | Arraignment, preliminary examination, pretrial, motion, plea, trial, or sentencing dates. |
| Entries | Complaints, indictments, motions, notices, continuances, orders, and bond events in date order. |
| Disposition | Dismissal, plea, conviction, diversion, sentence, appeal, or another recorded result. |
| Documents | A list or link to public papers; MCRSearch lists documents but does not show their images. |
A status label can be brief. “Disposed” says the court reached an outcome, but it does not state every term. A dismissal is not an expungement, and a setting is not a finding of guilt. Follow the dated entries to the signed order or judgment, then obtain the specific paper from the clerk if the online layer is unclear.
Reading Tyler Magistrate Results
The official Magistrate search supports first name, last name, or case-number queries. No registration is needed. Use exact spelling and keep the 30-record limit in mind. Once a Tyler County result appears, compare its filed date, charge, disposition, and document list. The list tells what papers may exist, but it does not make those papers available online. Call or visit the Tyler County Magistrate Court Clerk for a complaint, order, judgment, or other copy.
Do not decode an unfamiliar abbreviation by guess. No official Tyler County criminal docket code glossary was located. Use the full label when the system provides one. If a short code controls a deadline or court date, ask the clerk to confirm what the entry means. The clerk can provide case and procedure information but cannot give legal advice.
- Preliminary examination
- A Magistrate hearing on probable cause in a felony complaint.
- Continuance or reset
- A scheduled event moved to a later date, not a new criminal case.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome, which must be read with the final order or judgment.
- Nolle prosequi
- A prosecution ended in the way stated by the court record, without a conviction on that charge.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A Tyler County criminal case may begin with a complaint, affidavit, citation, or warrant event in Magistrate Court. An initial appearance and bond entry can follow. In a felony matter, the preliminary examination addresses probable cause. If the case advances, the charging papers move toward Circuit Court, where an indictment or information, arraignment, motion practice, plea or trial, sentence, and appeal entries may create a second docket layer.
Docket flow: Filing → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea or Trial → Disposition → Sentencing.
Not every Tyler County criminal court docket uses every stage. A misdemeanor can remain in Magistrate Court. A charge may be dismissed before trial. A continuance changes a setting but does not erase the case. Read the dates in order and track any transfer, appeal, companion, or consolidated case number. The Tyler County docket search can help locate the current record when the case has more than one number.
Tyler Criminal Filings in 2025
The West Virginia Judiciary’s final 2025 annual statistics provide scale, not a live list of open cases. Tyler County Circuit Court reported 19 felony filings, one Magistrate appeal, four misdemeanors, and four other criminal matters. Those categories total 28 listed Circuit criminal filings. They do not count each active docket on a given day, show how long a case stayed open, or prove the status of any named matter.
The Magistrate criminal row could not be aligned safely from the report’s extracted text, so no local Magistrate criminal total is used. For a live Tyler County criminal docket, rely on the case system and clerk. The state statistics dashboard is near real time, but it warns that its figures are preliminary and subject to change.
Tyler County Criminal Docket Courts
Tyler County Circuit Court is the general-jurisdiction court of record. It holds felony prosecutions after the lower-court stage, certain misdemeanors, and criminal appeals. Tyler belongs to the Second Judicial Circuit with Marshall and Wetzel Counties. The Tyler County Circuit Clerk keeps that criminal record. Use WVPASS for the public online layer and the Circuit Clerk for inspection, copies, and questions about older or restricted files.
Magistrate Court handles misdemeanors, traffic and other state-law citations, preliminary felony proceedings, and warrant or bail functions. Its clerk keeps that criminal docket. A city ordinance case may be handled by a municipal court if the city created one under state law. The official city-source review did not find a separate public municipal docket portal for Tyler County’s incorporated places, so use the issuing city contact and then the Magistrate Clerk if the matter was filed there.
Tyler Criminal Clerk Fallbacks
Online access is only one route. The Tyler County Circuit Clerk is at 230 Main Street, Middlebourne, WV 26149, and can be reached at 304-758-4811. Public hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A mailed request goes to P.O. Box 8, Middlebourne, WV 26149. Give the case number, court, date range, and exact document sought.
The Tyler County Magistrate Court Clerk is at 225 Main Street, Middlebourne, with phone 304-758-2136 and public hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekdays. Its mailing address is P.O. Box 127. State materials also confirm public terminals in Magistrate Clerk offices. For either court, a narrow written request may be directed to the custodian under West Virginia’s public-record law.
Criminal Record Custodians
Circuit files: 230 Main Street
Magistrate files: 225 Main Street
Middlebourne, WV 26149
Circuit: 304-758-4811
Magistrate: 304-758-2136
Note: Call before travel when the statewide court-closure page lists a Tyler County weather, utility, or other emergency notice.
Missing Tyler Criminal Dockets
An empty Tyler County search can point to the wrong system, a common-name result cap, a pre-1999 or archived Circuit file, or a protected record. First switch between WVPASS and MCRSearch based on the court. Recheck spelling, county, filing date, and case number. If a felony began in Magistrate Court, look for the lower-court record and any later Circuit case number. A reset may also look like a new event when it is only a later setting in the same file.
Some matters will not appear publicly. WVPASS excludes juvenile cases and sealed filings. An expunged record should not remain in the public index. Other criminal papers can contain redacted personal data. Call the correct clerk and ask whether the file is public, archived, transferred, or controlled by a specific access rule. Do not send protected personal information through the county’s general contact form.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
West Virginia law begins with public inspection of court papers, then applies limits created by statute, rule, or court order. In Tyler County, the public electronic docket and nonsealed, nonconfidential E-File papers must be available through the Circuit Clerk’s access process. A public docket is still not a certified record. Ask for the actual order when a plea, dismissal, sentence, or expungement result must be proved.
Key rules:
WV Code §51-4-2 makes court papers open for inspection and requires copies unless another law restricts access.
Trial Court Rule 15A.26 governs public access to the Circuit electronic docket and nonconfidential E-File documents.
WV Code §49-5-103 makes juvenile court records nonpublic except through stated legal routes.
West Virginia statutes also allow petitions to expunge certain charges that ended in qualifying dismissals or not-guilty findings and some eligible convictions. Expungement is a court process, not a synonym for a closed docket. The Circuit Clerk can identify forms and filing procedure but cannot decide eligibility or give legal advice.