Misdemeanors, felonies, and DUI charges in Moundsville and Marshall County, West Virginia.
Moundsville is the seat of Marshall County and home to the Marshall County Courthouse and magistrate court. It is also where the Northern Regional Jail is located, the facility where people arrested in much of the Northern Panhandle are held before bond is posted.
Marshall County is in the Second Judicial Circuit, which it shares with Tyler and Wetzel counties, a different circuit from Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock. State charges are filed in Marshall County Magistrate Court on Sixth Street, where three magistrates sit, and felonies move to the circuit court at the courthouse on Seventh Street.
City ordinance violations written by Moundsville police are heard in Moundsville Municipal Court. Arrests in the river towns of Benwood, McMechen, and Glen Dale are also generally filed in the county courts in Moundsville when state charges are involved.
Because Marshall County is in the Second Circuit, its programs are shared with Tyler and Wetzel counties rather than with Wheeling. The adult drug court serves Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler counties, and the circuit’s chief probation officer works out of the Wetzel County Courthouse in New Martinsville, with a Marshall County probation office on Sixth Street in Moundsville.
People who have been through the system in Ohio County are sometimes surprised by how differently things run here. What worked in Wheeling is not necessarily what will happen in Moundsville. Drug charges. Misdemeanor vs. felony in West Virginia.
State charges begin in Marshall County Magistrate Court at 511 Sixth Street, and felonies move to the circuit court at the courthouse, 600 Seventh Street. City ordinance violations go to Moundsville Municipal Court.
112 Northern Regional Correctional Drive, Moundsville. People arrested across much of the Northern Panhandle who cannot post bond right away are generally held there.
Yes. Marshall County is part of an adult drug court program shared with Wetzel and Tyler counties in the Second Judicial Circuit.
Both of our attorneys were raised in the Northern Panhandle and appear regularly in its courts. We offer phone and video consultations for clients who would rather not make the drive to Weirton.
This page provides general information about West Virginia law and local courts and is not legal advice. Court locations and procedures can change; check your citation or court paperwork for the controlling details, and consult a licensed attorney about your situation.
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