This is a private reference website, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office or locator that controls the record you need.
Where to Ask for Fayette County Records
Fayette County uses Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility for adult jail custody after arrest or court order. The sheriff handles county law-enforcement matters, while court filings and charge status are split between magistrate and circuit court.
Jail Custody and Visitation
Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813
Main phone: (304) 256-6726
Visitation scheduling: (304) 256-6738
Fax: (304) 256-6739
Sheriff and Arresting-Agency Records
Fayette County Sheriff's Department
Public phone: (304) 574-4216
Sheriff: Mike Fridley
Courthouse area: Fayetteville, WV. County tax-office material lists 100 Church Street, Fayetteville, WV, with public counter hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; confirm the correct records counter before visiting because jail custody records are held by WVDCR/Southern Regional Jail.
Court Charges After an Arrest
Fayette County Circuit Clerk
Travis W. Prince, Fayette County Courthouse
P.O. Box 600, 100 North Court Street, Fayetteville, WV 25840
Phone: (304) 574-4249; fax: (304) 574-4314
Fayette County Magistrate Clerk
Erin Akers, Fayette County Courthouse
100 Church Street, Suite 3, Fayetteville, WV 25840
Phone: (304) 574-4279; fax: (304) 574-4323
Office of the Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney
Anthony Ciliberti Jr.
108 East Maple Avenue, Fayetteville, WV 25840
Phone: (304) 574-4230; fax: (304) 574-0228
Other Local Police Routing
For municipal incident reports or city-police questions, contact the arresting agency. Research sources list Fayetteville Police at (304) 574-0255 ext. 1, Oak Hill Police at (304) 465-0596 with office hours Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and county emergency-services listings for Smithers, Montgomery, Mount Hope, Gauley Bridge, Ansted, and WV DNR numbers.
Public-Records Requests
West Virginia FOIA, including WV Code 29B-1-3, sends requests to the custodian of the record and sets a response deadline of as soon as practicable, but no later than five business days excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. Ask WVDCR or Southern Regional Jail for jail custody records, the sheriff or arresting police department for incident reports, and the magistrate or circuit clerk for court documents.
Use these starting points based on the kind of record:
- For someone currently in regional jail custody, start with jail inmate records and the WV Regional Jail offender search.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and then contact the custodian if the public roster does not show the record you need.
- For complaints, felony filings, amendments, dismissals, or court dates after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Magistrate Case Record Search, and WVPASS.
- For the local facility serving Fayette County, use the Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or parole/supervision record, use the WVDCR prison/supervision locator at https://apps.wv.gov/ois/offendersearch/doc and WV VINE at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/WV/ENGLISH for notification support.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal inmates. For federal pretrial custody in southern West Virginia, the U.S. Marshals Service Beckley office is listed at (304) 253-1519, with district headquarters and 24-hour number (304) 347-5136. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/.