The Monroe County Court Calendar
Monroe County posts no single combined hearing calendar for Circuit or Magistrate Court. Each court handles its own schedule differently. Magistrate events surface inside MCRSearch case details. Circuit settings run through WVPASS. Both are case-search tools, so neither guarantees a merged daily list of everything on the Monroe County court calendar. Family, municipal, and federal dates sit with other offices entirely.
The county government calendar is separate as well. It carries County Commission sessions and public meetings, not trials, arraignments, or case hearings. For a judicial setting, trust the case docket, the filed hearing notice, or the clerk. Represented parties should also check with their attorney. A court order or direct notice can outrun any portal view.
Monroe Court Calendar Term Dates
Trial Court Rule 2.30 fixes the Monroe Circuit Court terms. They fall on the second Tuesday in January and September and the third Tuesday in May. Those dates set the court's recurring terms. They do not put a hearing on any one case.
| Circuit county | Term dates | What the dates mean |
|---|---|---|
| Monroe | Second Tuesday in January and September; third Tuesday in May | Term framework, not a personal setting |
| Summers | First Tuesday in March; third Tuesday in July and November | Different dates within the shared circuit |
Monroe and Summers share the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, yet their term dates differ. So never copy a Summers date into a Monroe County court calendar search.
How to Find Your Court Date
Begin with the court named on your citation, summons, bond paper, or hearing notice. Magistrate matters go through MCRSearch. Circuit matters go through WVPASS. MCRSearch takes a first name, last name, or case number and caps results at 30. WVPASS requires registration first. A county meeting calendar will not help, and neither will the County Clerk's land index. Neither is a court-date source.
- Identify Magistrate, Circuit, Family, municipal, or federal court from the case papers.
- Search the proper official portal by case number when possible, or use the exact party name.
- Open the case event or register view and record the event type, date, time, room, location, judge, and reason closed.
- Compare later entries for a continuance, reset, closure, or new hearing notice.
- Call the court clerk or consult counsel to confirm the active setting and current location before appearing.
For help in person or by mail, bring the court, the case number, a party name, the event, and a rough date. The Circuit Clerk answers at 304-772-3096 extension 4. Magistrate Court is 304-772-3176. The Magistrate Clerk is 304-772-3321. A public terminal or printed daily docket is not guaranteed, so call ahead before counting on either.
Monroe Court Calendar Search Fields
The official MCRSearch entry screen runs a verification step before any case-search controls appear. Its initial search gate opens onto those controls. Past the gate, the portal supports lookup by name or case number. Within a case detail, the settings grid breaks each hearing into fields. Those fields only make sense together.
| Field | Meaning | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Event Type | Pretrial, bond, suppression, jury trial, or other event | Do not treat all events as trials |
| Date and Time | Scheduled or recorded event time | Look for a later reset |
| Room and Location | Listed place for the event | Confirm current use |
| Judge | Officer tied to the setting | Use current court data |
| Reason Closed | Why an event row ended | Not the case disposition |
Reading a Court Setting
Every Monroe County court calendar line needs its context. "Pre-Trial Hearing" is not "Magistrate Jury Trial." A bond modification hearing deals with bond. A suppression hearing deals with a request about evidence. "Hearing Held," "Hearing Continued," and "Hearing/Event Closed" describe one event, never the whole case.
| Date | The listed calendar date, subject to a later continuance or closure. |
|---|---|
| Time | The event time. Confirm whether it is a call time or individual setting. |
| Courtroom | The room and location fields, which should be checked before travel. |
| Judge | The judicial officer associated with that event. |
| Setting Type | The purpose, such as pretrial, bond, suppression, or trial. |
For a contact cross-check, the Monroe judiciary directory is the best official source. That statewide court page lists the current judges and clerks.
Call those numbers to sort out any room, location, or officer that no longer matches an older notice.
Monroe Court Calendar Closure Status
The Judiciary's court closure page filters by county, status, and date. It reports closures and operational status only. It is not a hearing list.
A chief judge may order an emergency closure under the authority described there. The same authority can extend deadlines. A county government closure notice, on its own, is not a judicial continuance. Check the court-status source. Then call the clerk about your case.
Key distinction: “Court closed” describes operations, while “hearing continued” changes a case setting. Confirm both when bad weather or an emergency affects travel.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A continuance moves or postpones a setting. It does not dismiss the case. MCRSearch may show an old event, a "Hearing Continued" row, and a later setting all at once. So read the whole sequence. Grabbing the first date is a mistake, and the last row is not a verified future hearing either.
If no new setting appears, call the clerk for the active date, time, room, location, and type. Ask whether an order was entered. Ask whether remote participation applies. Involve counsel if you have it. And never skip an existing setting just because the portal looks stale or a continuance request was filed. A motion is only a request until the court acts on it.
Note: Save the event type and docket date when calling, since those details help the clerk identify the setting that moved.
Monroe Family Court Calendar Locations
Monroe and Greenbrier form the Fifteenth Family Court Circuit. The statewide directory lists Family Judge R. Grady Ford at 912 Court Street North in Lewisburg. He is reachable at 304-647-7406 and 304-647-7407. That regional office address does not prove every Monroe hearing happens there. Check the filed hearing notice and the Circuit Clerk's instructions for the true place. Family matters can also carry access limits. A public portal may show less detail than an ordinary Circuit civil case. That is a court-level and location distinction. It is not a reason to guess the setting was canceled.
Monroe Court Calendar Location Checks
A courthouse fire led the county to relocate offices in its January 2025 notice. The notice warned of limited services. It also told visitors to call ahead. Renovation and security work stayed on the county's official agenda into 2026. A Monroe County court docket can list a valid date. The building or room named may be one the court no longer uses.
The statewide court-record access page is the place to sort this out. It links the official Circuit and Magistrate search systems. It also keeps the two clearly apart. Find the hearing in the right system first. Then confirm the physical location with the clerk. That extra step matters most when old paperwork predates a temporary move.
Monroe Court Dates Outside State Portals
Not every Monroe County court date lives in a state portal. Town matters, federal cases, and some family settings run on their own tracks. Alderson's official site gives you town calendar links and payment navigation. The town posts no static public case calendar. Peterstown and Union offer town contacts rather than public case settings. For a town-court date, call the municipal clerk or recorder directly.
Federal cases are different. They sit in PACER and the Southern District of West Virginia court. The federal clerk will not give docket information over the phone. Plan on reading PACER or CM/ECF entries. Also read any official federal notices you receive. A federal hearing will never show up in MCRSearch or WVPASS. Knowing which office holds the record helps. It keeps you from assuming a hearing simply is not on the books.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Move fast. A missed setting on a Monroe County docket rarely fixes itself. Call the court clerk right away. If you have a lawyer, contact counsel too. Give the clerk the court and the case number. Add the date you missed and the kind of setting it was. Then ask what the docket shows now and whether a new order or date has been entered.
Never assume the court will post a new date on its own. And do not count on paying a fine to make the missed appearance go away.
Missed a Setting? A missed criminal or traffic setting can lead to failure-to-appear action, a warrant, bond consequences, or notice to the Division of Motor Vehicles where law permits.
Contact the assigned court or counsel at once and follow the court’s directions about the next lawful step.
Do not appear at an uncertain location without first confirming the active Monroe County setting and current courthouse instructions.
Treat the docket entry as a starting point, not legal advice. For a fresh online check, try the Monroe County case search, but take your instructions from the court.