This Is Not a Government Office. This is a private reference resource. It cannot retrieve official criminal records, perform authorized checks, correct agency data, or receive an expungement petition. The responsible government custodian must handle each of those tasks.
Need an Official Record?
Use the Barbour County or state office that holds the specific record:
- Court case files: call the Barbour County Circuit Clerk at 304-457-3454 or the clerk for the court that heard the case
- Police and incident reports: request the material from the law-enforcement agency that created it
- Arrest and sheriff reports: call the Barbour County Sheriff's Department at 304-457-2352
- Custody records: use WVDCR or contact Tygart Valley Regional Jail at 304-637-0382
- Fingerprint history: use the West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau and its authorized IdentoGO process
- Expungement filings: file in the circuit court that handled the qualifying matter
The Barbour County Sheriff's Department is at 26 North Main Street, Philippi, WV 26416, telephone 304-457-2352 and fax 304-457-4643. Nonemergency dispatch is 304-457-5167. No separate records counter hours are posted, so call before visiting. The Barbour County Circuit Clerk is at 26 North Main Street, Suite 2, Philippi, WV 26416, telephone 304-457-3454 and fax 304-457-2790. The county posts general office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; confirm the clerk's current counter schedule by phone.