How the Lewis County Court Calendar Works
Lewis County posts no county-wide calendar feed or daily docket PDF. Every setting belongs to one court's docket. That court may be Circuit, Family, Magistrate, or a municipal court. The official Magistrate Case Record Search includes a Case Event Schedule for public magistrate results. For circuit matters, WVPASS offers public Circuit Court access, subject to record and access limits. A saved portal view is never final notice. Staff can reset a setting later. Restricted cases may hide their details. Confirm the current event with the filing clerk by case number.
Each office keeps its own records. Circuit Clerk Beth A. Burkhart maintains Circuit and Family Court records. Magistrate Clerk Rachel Buzzo handles magistrate settings. Municipal settings stay with Weston or Jane Lew. A later court action can change jurisdiction. Federal hearings fall to the Northern District of West Virginia, outside the Lewis County state schedule. Check the named court first. That way, a missing result in one system is never mistaken for proof that no date exists.
Lewis County Court Terms
The 18th Judicial Circuit runs on formal term dates. Those dates are set by West Virginia Trial Court Rule 2.18. In Lewis County, terms begin on the first Monday in March and November. The third start is the second Monday in July. A term is simply a session of court. It is not a hearing date for any particular case.
Seeing a term date is only the start. The case event, the notice, or a signed scheduling order still controls the individual setting. Those dates can fall elsewhere or move mid-term. The West Virginia Trial Court Rules supply the term schedule and the electronic-record framework. Never treat the start of a court term as a substitute for the setting printed in the case record.
Lewis County Court Date Lookups
Read the paperwork first. A Magistrate Court case can be searched through MCRSearch, while a public Circuit Court matter belongs in WVPASS. A Weston or Jane Lew notice may need a direct call, since no public municipal calendar portal serves those courts, and Family Court access can depend on party or authorized-person status.
- Identify the court, county, and case or citation number from the latest notice.
- Use WVPASS for Circuit Court or MCRSearch for Magistrate Court.
- Read the latest event schedule and related docket entries.
- Call the Circuit Clerk at 304-269-8210 or Magistrate Clerk at 304-269-8230 when the result is unclear.
- Visit the proper clerk counter at 117 Court Avenue if phone or portal confirmation does not resolve the setting.
- Check any current courtroom posting and compare it with counsel's notice if represented.
The official judiciary contact table is the source for local routing.
This table pairs each Lewis County court date with the office that can confirm it.
Lewis County Event Schedule Fields
The MCR field model separates the event schedule from the chronological docket entry. Event rows can carry event type, date and time, room, location, judge, and reason closed. Each field answers a different attendance question.
- Case Event Schedule
- The table of planned or recorded settings linked to a magistrate case.
- Docket Entry
- A dated filing or court act that may explain a scheduling change.
- Reason closed
- A status field that needs case-specific confirmation and should not be guessed.
- Setting
- A scheduled court event, not necessarily the trial or final hearing.
Read these parts together, since a later docket entry may explain a reset or order that changed the schedule.
Court Settings: What Each Field Means
Read a Lewis County court setting as a unit. Its fields only make sense together. A date without the time can mean a missed docket call. A room without the location can send someone to the wrong office. A judge name can help confirm the division, though assignments can change.
| Date | The day shown in the latest event or notice. |
|---|---|
| Time | The start or docket-call time, which should be confirmed with the court. |
| Courtroom | The room and location, including whether the event is at the Judicial Annex. |
| Judge | The judicial officer assigned to the listed event at that point. |
| Setting Type | The purpose, such as arraignment, motion hearing, pretrial event, or trial. |
Bring the latest notice and case number. If two sources conflict, trust the clerk's current record over an older screen.
Lewis County Court Locations
Addresses matter in Lewis County. The county splits between a courthouse address and a judicial annex. The Circuit Clerk, Family Court, magistrates, and Magistrate Clerk all sit at the Lewis County Judicial Annex, 117 Court Avenue in Weston. County-government and County Clerk functions use 110 Center Avenue. Confirm the destination before traveling. The Circuit Clerk lists weekday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Office hours are not hearing times. The case notice controls when to appear. Magistrate Clerk Rachel Buzzo is in Room 143, and Family Court is in Room 201. The room for a specific setting still has to be checked.
When a Lewis County Court Date Moves
Lewis County hearings get moved for lots of reasons. A continuance shifts the event. A reset drops it onto a new date. A cancellation just wipes the setting off the calendar, and by itself it says nothing about how the case ends. To learn why, read the docket. The court record may hold a motion, a notice, an order, a revised Case Event Schedule, or some other line that explains the change.
Do not trust an old copy of the page. Run the docket search again by case number, read the newest event line, and ask the clerk to confirm the court date before you act on anything. If you have a lawyer, check counsel's notice against the court record too. In the end, only the court can say whether a setting truly moved.
Remote Lewis County Court Settings
West Virginia permits videoconferencing for some events, and one rule covers non-evidentiary magistrate hearings. Still, not every Lewis County setting is remote. Read your notice for a courtroom or a link. Then ask the court directly whether you may appear by video for that specific event.
Got a link on the notice? Use the newest official version and guard its access details. No link means no reason to expect one. A remote appearance can also carry its own check-in time and steps that differ from the time printed on the public docket.
Lewis County Calendar Data
The West Virginia Judiciary dashboard tracks statewide activity in near real time, refreshing its figures around midnight. It counts cases in the aggregate. No individual Lewis County court date appears there, so treat annual reports as the word on yearly totals.
The dashboard's own source view reflects that aggregate purpose.
For context on court workload, the dashboard helps. A specific hearing is another matter: the case docket and the clerk hold that answer.
Missed Lewis County Court Settings
Missed a Lewis County court date? Act now. Pull the current docket first, then call the clerk for the court that set the hearing. If you have a lawyer, reach out right away.
Ask the clerk what the docket shows now. An order, a warrant, a new date, or some other action may have been entered. The clerk gives record information, not legal advice.
Missed a Setting? A missed criminal or citation date can lead to failure-to-appear action and other court consequences.
Contact the filing clerk or your attorney promptly and ask for the current docket status.
Seek advice from a licensed lawyer about the safest response before appearing.
Missed a Lewis County court date? Act now. Pull the current docket. Call your lawyer if you have one, and phone the clerk for the court that set the hearing. Ask what the docket shows today and whether a warrant, order, new date, or other action has been entered. The clerk can share what is in the record, though the office cannot give legal advice.