Friendly Court Docket Searches
Friendly offers no city-run docket search on its official pages. So begin with the paper itself. Copy down the case or citation number. Note the charge, the issuing agency, the named court, and the appearance date. When the citation charges a Friendly city ordinance, call the municipal recorder. Use the contact the Secretary of State lists, and that office can point you to the right municipal office. If the paper names Tyler Magistrate Court instead, pull the case up on MCRSearch. Search by party name or case number. Circuit Court matters go through WVPASS and the Circuit Clerk's office.
- Read the named court and response terms on the paper.
- Ask the municipal recorder or the recorder which municipal office handles a city charge.
- Search MCRSearch for a Tyler Magistrate case.
- Use WVPASS for a public Tyler Circuit Court case.
- Call the filing clerk to confirm the setting and request documents.
Friendly Municipal Contact Listing
The West Virginia Secretary of State municipal contacts listing shows Friendly in Tyler County. The address is P.O. Box 95, Friendly, WV 26146. It names a recorder but no clerk. The 2020 Census place table put the town at 101 residents. The listing carries no city-court hours, street counter, judge, or hearing calendar.
For any question about a Friendly ordinance, the recorder is the best first call. Ask whether a municipal court still exists. Ask which office holds the citation, and whether the case was moved to Tyler Magistrate Court. Once a matter lands in state court, the named court takes over. Its clerk controls the court record from there.
Friendly Searches Need a Rural Fallback
Friendly posts no city docket and no online pay form. Read the summons closely. Contact the recorder for a municipal matter. Call the Tyler Magistrate Clerk at 304-758-2136 once a charge has entered Magistrate Court. The clerk can confirm your court date. Ask how to get a copy of the record.
Bad weather can close courthouses, so check the state court-closure page before driving to Middlebourne. Need a certified record? Ask which clerk holds the actual file and what form of authentication it requires. One caution: do not take Middlebourne's town-office address and call it Friendly City Hall. The Secretary of State listing is the sourced municipal route for Friendly.
Friendly Court Dates Without a Calendar
Start with the appearance date printed on the citation. For a state Magistrate case, MCRSearch is the next place to check. The Tyler Magistrate Clerk holds the live setting. That office gives the answer that counts. A citation under a Friendly ordinance goes back to the recorder. The recorder should name the office holding the file. A council notice, remember, is not a court setting.
When no date appears online, the case may simply not have posted yet. The number could be wrong, the matter local, or access restricted. None of that cancels your duty to respond. Keep the paper handy, and note the case number the clerk confirms.
Inside the Friendly Municipal Court
Under West Virginia Code, a city can set up a municipal court. It does so through its charter or an ordinance. Friendly posts no judge page, docket calendar, citation lookup, payment portal, or case-search form. That is the town's entire official site. Take that sparse web presence with a grain of salt. A thin online record is not proof that Friendly has no municipal court today.
So route your request by the type of charge. For a city ordinance matter, ask the municipal recorder. That is the recorder who serves as the municipal-court custodian. For a state-law traffic ticket or misdemeanor, the Tyler Magistrate Clerk holds the filing. Remember the division of labor. Police issue or serve papers, the court decides, and the clerk keeps what was filed. Keep those roles straight. Your docket request will not stall out at a police desk.
Friendly Has No Published Portal
The town's official contacts are available. But there is no separate Friendly court database online. Do not plug that gap with a commercial name search. Match the fallback to the paper and the charge instead. The municipal recorder can point you to a local custodian. Beyond that, MCRSearch covers public Magistrate case information statewide. WVPASS covers public Circuit records. Many documents there go back to 1999.
Myth and fact: A missing Friendly web result does not prove there is no case. The record may sit with a city office, another court tier, or a clerk-only file.
An empty result is a clue, not a verdict. Check the spelling, the case number, the county, the court, and the filing date before you call the custodian.
Friendly MCRSearch Result Fields
MCRSearch is the key county-level check. It covers any Friendly state-law charge filed in Tyler County Magistrate Court. No registration is needed. You can search by first name, last name, or case number. The state gives one caution. Results stop at 30 records. A common name may call for a more exact docket search. A public result lists the filing date. It can also show the charge, the disposition, and the documents on file.
- Filing date
- The date the clerk opened or received the court matter.
- Disposition
- The result or current resolution entered by the court.
- Document list
- An index of filed items, not the document images.
- Reset
- A later setting that replaces an earlier court date.
Check the Tyler County label first. Also confirm the exact case identifier on any MCRSearch result before you pick up the phone. One wrong digit sends you to the wrong docket. Remember what MCRSearch actually gives you: case information, not document images. When you need real copies, an order, or a certified disposition, go to the Tyler Magistrate Clerk. That office provides them.
Finding Friendly Court Dates
Start with the appearance date printed on the Friendly citation. That date is only a first reference. Before relying on it, check the docket in MCRSearch. Then call the Tyler Magistrate Clerk at 304-758-2136. The office sits at 225 Main Street in Middlebourne. Hours run Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Keep this in mind. A later docket entry can reset the event to a new date. A reset moves the hearing; it does not end the case.
| Date | Current setting or later reset |
|---|---|
| Time | Time on the summons or confirmed by the clerk |
| Courtroom | Location assigned by the named court |
| Judge | Judicial officer assigned to the event |
| Setting Type | Arraignment, hearing, trial, or compliance setting |
Friendly Council Dates Are Different
Friendly also posts a council meeting on the second Monday, and that causes real confusion. A council session is legislative business, not a court date. It belongs nowhere near a court calendar. Agendas from the city cover public items before council. A docket lists judicial events in cases already filed. To confirm an actual hearing, rely on the summons. The official case system works too, and so does the clerk. When severe weather or another emergency hits, the WV court-closures page shows county status. A chief judge can declare an emergency day that extends qualifying deadlines. Still call the clerk before you travel. A statewide notice may not answer every local scheduling question.
Friendly Traffic Ticket Lookups
A ticket written inside Friendly does not always stay in a city channel. What matters is the law cited and the court printed on the ticket. A state-law citation filed in Tyler Magistrate Court can show up in MCRSearch. The MFP Payment System can run a search by exact citation ID, case ID, or payment-plan ID when the case qualifies for that service. Type the punctuation exactly as it appears. State examples look like ##-M##X-##### and M##M-##########. One caution: a payment receipt is not a certified court disposition. Need court-file copies? Wonder what happens after a missed setting? The Tyler County traffic record path goes deeper.
Friendly Issuing Office and Court Files
A police record and a court record answer different questions. The police side documents an incident, officer action, or citation. The court side documents the filed charge and the settings. It also covers a plea or response, orders, and the disposition. When the issuing detail is unclear, the recorder helps. Once the Friendly matter has a court case number, the choice is settled. The court clerk is the proper source.
| Need | First contact | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| Issuing details | Friendly Police | Identify citation and court |
| City ordinance route | the municipal recorder or recorder | Ask for municipal custodian |
| State case record | Tyler Magistrate Clerk | Request docket or copies |
Why it matters: this distinction saves time and keeps each request aimed at the office that can actually answer it.
Friendly Copy Requests by Court
The Tyler Magistrate Clerk holds Magistrate case files and follows the statewide fee rule. Plain copies run $0.25 per page, and a fax costs $2 per page. MCRSearch will not send the documents. So call or visit the clerk, give the Friendly case number, and name the document. Ask for a current total and delivery method. Tyler County posts no online copy form and no certified-copy fee for Magistrate records.
The Circuit Clerk works from a separate posted schedule. Tyler Circuit copies cost $1 per page. An exemplified copy runs $3 plus copy cost. An abstract of judgment is $5, and a credit-card transaction adds 4 percent. The table lists no separate certified-copy surcharge, so ask which authentication you need before ordering. A Friendly appeal, felony, or major civil file may travel this route. The case began in the city, though.
Any written request should name the court and give the full case number. Include the approximate filing date. List the party name and describe the exact document. State the format, and say whether a plain or authenticated copy is wanted. Send it to the custodian rather than the county's general contact form. The county itself warns that general web messages may never reach a particular office.
How Friendly Cases Reach the County
Where a Friendly case lands depends on the charge. A city ordinance matter can stay in a municipal channel when one exists. State-law traffic charges and misdemeanors go to Magistrate Court. Small claims go there too. So do preliminary felony hearings and some protective matters. Felonies, major civil actions, and lower-court appeals reach Tyler County Circuit Court. The Circuit Clerk at 230 Main Street keeps the Circuit and Family Court records.
Docket flow: Friendly municipal channel › Tyler County Magistrate Court › Tyler County Circuit Court
Use MCRSearch for public Magistrate information. For public Circuit case information and documents, use WVPASS. The Circuit Clerk at 304-758-4811 handles copies, older files, and access questions.
Who Can See Friendly Court Records
Who sees what depends on the record and the court. Sealed, juvenile, expunged, and protected personal information may be unavailable or redacted. Family Court works by its own split. Orders and indices can be public. Pleadings, recordings, exhibits, and transcripts stay confidential in most cases. So an empty Friendly search result can mean any of several things. It may reflect those limits, an older file, or a city filing. Or the search ran in the wrong state system.
Key Rules:
West Virginia Code § 29B-1-3 supplies the written public-record request procedure.
West Virginia Code § 8-10-2 permits municipal courts created by charter or ordinance.
WV Judiciary record access links the official Circuit and Magistrate search routes.