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Taylor County Records Contacts

Record questions in Taylor County need to go to the office that created or maintains the record. The sheriff, the regional jail, the state corrections system, court clerks, and the County Clerk have different roles. The contacts below identify the supported official routes without treating a name search as proof of custody, release, charges, or a court result.

Taylor County Busted Mugshots is a private reference service, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release a person, or retrieve an official booking record. Direct those requests to the appropriate public custodian below.

Official Taylor County Record Routes

Start with the type of question, then use the agency that actually controls that information. Current office or records hours, a dedicated sheriff records line, a booking-photo form, a fixed turnaround, and a specific local fee were not verified in the research, so none are stated here.

Sheriff and urgent safety requests

Taylor County Sheriff's Office
214 West Main Street
Grafton, WV 26354
304-265-3428
Emergency: 911

The official sheriff and Taylor County safety sources identify Sheriff Randy Durrett. The main line is the supported starting point for routine sheriff records-routing questions, not a verified dedicated records-unit number.

Regional jail and state custody

Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
400 Abbey Road
Belington, WV 26250
304-637-0382

TVRJ is the regional facility that officially serves Taylor County. For an online custody starting point, use the WVDCR Offender Search hub. The WVDCR policy index is the official resource for agency records and information policies, but a roster result or a facility call does not by itself verify present custody or release.

Court case and disposition questions

Taylor County court information
Circuit Clerk: 304-265-2480
Magistrate Clerk: 304-265-5762

Court clerks address the case record and docket process. A booking charge is an accusation and can change as the case proceeds, so the court record is the proper place to verify a disposition.

County-document office

Taylor County Clerk
128 West Main Street, Annex 2
Grafton, WV 26354
304-265-1401, option 4
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The County Clerk's document inquiry concerns county documents and copies. It is a different office from the sheriff, TVRJ, WVDCR, and the court clerks, and should not be treated as a booking-photo custodian.

For a records request, direct the request to the actual custodian. West Virginia's FOIA statute provides a five-day response rule excluding weekends and legal holidays for nonexempt records, with charges limited to actual reproduction costs rather than search, retrieval, or staff time. Exemptions can apply under West Virginia Code ยง29B-1-4.

  • Use 911 for an emergency, an immediate threat, or urgent public-safety help.
  • Use the sheriff for Taylor County law-enforcement routing and agency-record questions.
  • Use TVRJ and WVDCR for regional-jail custody and corrections records questions.
  • Use the Circuit or Magistrate Clerk for a court docket, filing, or disposition question.
  • Use the County Clerk only for its county-document services.