Closures
Last updated: August 7, 3:00 p.m.
The Chief Judge of a circuit has the authority to order an emergency closure of the courts in that circuit, including circuit courts, magistrate courts, circuit clerk’s offices, magistrate clerk’s offices, family courts, and probation offices. Any time off for court staff is not considered annual or sick leave. Magistrates are on a holiday/weekend schedule during the closure.
In some counties, although the courts are closed, other areas of the courthouses may remain open. In other counties, both courts and entire courthouses are closed. For information on county offices not covered by the judicial orders (which cover only the judicial offices listed above), contact that county commission.
| Court Status | ||
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| County | Status | Details |
| Barbour | Open | |
| Berkeley | Open | |
| Boone | Closed | Boone County Courts are closed due to a COVID-19 exposure. Offices are available by phone and emergency hearings will continue to be held at the discretion of the judicial officer. - Order |
| Braxton | Open | |
| Brooke | Open | |
| Cabell | Open |
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| Calhoun | Open | |
| Clay | Open |
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| Doddridge | Open | |
| Fayette | Open | |
| Gilmer | Open | |
| Grant | Open | |
| Greenbrier | Open | |
| Hampshire | Open |
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| Hancock | Open | |
| Hardy | Open |
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| Harrison | Open | |
| Jackson | Open | |
| Jefferson | Open | |
| Kanawha | Open | |
| Lewis | Open | |
| Lincoln | Closed | All courts in Lincoln County are closing until further notice. Offices are available by phone and emergency hearings will continue to be held. - Order |
| Logan | Closed | At the suggestion of the Logan County Health Department, Logan County Circuit Court, Magistrate Court and both the Circuit Clerk’s Office and Magistrate Clerks Office are closing temporarily due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Logan County. Emergency matters will continue to be heard, and Family Court will remain open. A date to reopen has not been set.- Order |
| Marion | Open | |
| Marshall | Open | |
| Mason | Open | |
| McDowell | Open |
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| Mercer | Open | |
| Mineral | Open | |
| Mingo | Open |
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| Monongalia | Open | |
| Monroe | Open |
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| Morgan | Open |
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| Nicholas | Open | |
| Ohio | Open |
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| Pendleton | Open |
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| Pleasants | Open | |
| Pocahontas | Open | |
| Preston | Open | |
| Putnam | Open | |
| Raleigh | Open | |
| Randolph | Open | |
| Ritchie | Open | |
| Roane | Open | |
| Summers | Open | |
| Taylor | Open | |
| Tucker | Open | |
| Tyler | Open | |
| Upshur | Open | |
| Wayne | Open | |
| Webster | Open | |
| Wetzel | Open | |
| Wirt | Open | |
| Wood | Open | |
| Wyoming | Open | |
