Union Criminal Records

How to Check Criminal History in Union

Begin with the kind of Union record needed. The responding police agency keeps its own incident or arrest narrative. A court clerk keeps complaints, filed charges, hearings, and outcomes. The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation keeps booking and custody data, while the West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau maintains the fingerprint-based state repository. No single Union counter combines those files, and no public statewide name portal replaces them.

1. Identify whether Union police, the Monroe County Sheriff, or a West Virginia State Police trooper handled the event.
2. Ask that agency for its report, using the date, place, names, and report number if known.
3. Search the free Magistrate Record Search by name or case number, with Monroe selected when the interface offers a county filter.
4. Check circuit access and the Union clerks for a felony that moved beyond the magistrate stage, then use WVDCR for current custody.
5. For a review of your own biometric state history, follow the WVSP CIB Form 136A process instead of treating court results as a full rap sheet.

This Union sequence keeps the record types straight. It also gives a useful fallback when a Union name search returns nothing. Alternate spelling, the 30-result limit, an older file, a circuit filing, or a protected record can all explain a missing Union result.

Union Criminal Records Hub

Union is Monroe County's seat and the physical hub for most county criminal record counters. The official county site places the courthouse at 350 Main Street, while the judiciary lists Magistrate Court at 500 Main Street. That compact layout is unusual compared with the wide rural county it serves. It does not make the files interchangeable. The sheriff, circuit clerk, magistrate clerk, prosecutor, and probation office each perform a different job.

The Circuit Clerk's Office holds Monroe circuit dockets and Union case documents. Magistrate Court holds Union misdemeanor matters, complaints, bail records, public warrant returns, and preliminary felony work. The prosecutor brings cases but is not the public file custodian. A sheriff-created Union report stays with the sheriff. This Union division is the main fact to learn before calling or making a trip.

The Union Police Department

No separate official Union police records portal, request form, arrest log, fee schedule, office hours, or mobile app was found in the official sources reviewed. That gap should not be filled with a directory site. First identify the actual officer or agency that answered the call. A town address does not prove that a town officer wrote the report because sheriff deputies and state troopers may also act in Union.

When the Monroe County Sheriff created the Union record, call Sheriff's Law Enforcement at 304-772-3096 ext. 5 and ask for the current custodian and accepted mail, email, or in-person route. Describe the existing Union report, not a broad question. Include the event date, Union location, involved names, and report number when available. Ask for the fee estimate and a written exemption or redaction reason if material is withheld. A Union trooper report stays with WVSP, and a crash investigated by WVSP uses its crash-copy line at 304-746-2128.

Note: Monroe County 911 non-emergency at 304-772-3911 may help identify which agency handled a dated Union incident.

Two Union Criminal Court Counters

The two Union Main Street addresses mark a real records split. Circuit Clerk Daniel Tickle's counter is at the Monroe County Courthouse, P.O. Box 350, 350 Main Street, Union, WV 24983. The judiciary directory lists 304-772-3096 ext. 4, and the county telephone list gives 304-772-3017. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is the place for Union felony files, certain misdemeanors, appeals, older circuit material, certified copies, and help with documents that are not online.

Magistrate Clerk Jeanne Gullette's office is at P.O. Box 4, 500 Main Street, Union, WV 24983, with 304-772-3321. Magistrates Amy Hunt and Kevin L. Miller are reached at 304-772-3176. That office handles misdemeanor cases, criminal complaints, bail, public warrant material, and preliminary steps in felony cases. A case may begin at 500 Main and later produce a felony file at 350 Main, so the case number and current court matter more than the short walk between buildings.

Arrests and Bookings in Union

An arrest in Union produces several Union records, often within hours of one another. The arresting agency writes its Union narrative and probable-cause material. WVDCR creates an admission or booking entry after transport. Magistrate Court records the Union complaint, bail action, and initial proceedings. Fingerprints and arrest-event data move toward WVSP CIB. Those sources may show different charges or appear at different times because each belongs to a different stage.

There is no official Union arrest blotter and no Monroe County jail lobby. Search the WVDCR Offender Search with at least the first three letters of the last name and add the first name to narrow results. Confirm live custody with Southern Regional Jail at 304-256-6726. The locator warns that status may change and that presence does not establish guilt. For a deeper county-wide explanation, the Monroe County arrest history page follows the full report-to-booking chain.

Union Booking Records Leave Town

The county seat is not the jail location. A person arrested in Union normally enters the regional system at Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813. The state facility serves Monroe and six other counties and had a rated population of 468 in the FY2025 WVDCR report. It houses both pretrial and sentenced people, as well as some contract federal detainees.

This geography can trip up a Union record search. The sheriff may have made the Union arrest near Main Street, the first case event may be at the magistrate office, and the custody entry may list Beaver in Raleigh County. Release from that facility does not mean the Union charge was dismissed. A transfer to another WVDCR site also removes the person from the local facility while leaving a broader offender record. Use the court's final judgment for the Union case result.

Union Municipal Court Records

No official Union municipal case portal or complete Union municipal-court access page was located. Union ordinance matters, if heard in a municipal court, require confirmation with the town. State-law misdemeanors and preliminary felony matters belong in Monroe Magistrate Court. Search statewide first, inspect the county and case number, then call the correct Union clerk for the actual Union documents.

A police citation alone does not settle the route. Read the court name and filing county printed on it. That heading identifies the clerk with the case file.

Searching Union Criminal Cases Online

West Virginia's free Magistrate Record Search accepts a first name, last name, or case number and can be narrowed to Monroe for Union records. It returns no more than 30 records and does not provide document downloads. A common Union surname may reach that cap, so a full first name or exact case number is valuable. Search results can identify the Union filing court and basic case context, but the clerk supplies the complaint, orders, and certified copies.

For a felony that proceeded to circuit court, use the Judiciary's Court Record Access route. Registered users may download public circuit documents for a nominal fee. Daniel Tickle's counter remains the fallback for older, unavailable, or certified Union records.

Where Union Records End Up

A Union police or sheriff report stays with the agency that created it. Union booking data moves into WVDCR. The Union complaint and early case events go to Magistrate Court, while a felony that advances produces a Circuit Court file. The signed Union outcome should then be reported to WVSP CIB and linked with the fingerprint-based arrest cycle.

Record flow: Union police or sheriff › Monroe County Courts › West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau

The Union record flow is not always instant. West Virginia's official 2018 data-quality review found delayed and incomplete dispositions, including an average of 162 days for examined disposition forms to reach CIB. A 2026 grant funds better judiciary-to-repository exchange. If a Union state history lacks an outcome, compare it with the signed Union court judgment, ask the responsible court or agency to correct its part, and then follow the CIB challenge route.

Plan a Union Records Visit

Search Union records first and call before driving. Monroe County spans 472.75 square miles, and the published sources do not promise public parking, fixed-route transit, electronic-device access, a records room, or a specific security process at the Union courthouse. The Circuit Clerk does publish weekday counter hours, but the Union magistrate and sheriff contacts should confirm current access, file location, copy cost, and whether advance notice will save a return trip.

Bring the Union case number when possible. Ask whether the requested Union file is at 350 Main or 500 Main, whether it is public, and whether Union copies can be sent instead of collected. A person seeking a Union police narrative should not queue at a court counter unless the Union court filing is also needed. In the same way, the courthouse cannot confirm live jail status because WVDCR holds that information in Beaver.

Union Criminal Record Expungement

Eligible Monroe matters are filed for expungement in Circuit Court at the Union courthouse. West Virginia provides distinct routes for an acquittal or dismissal, certain qualifying convictions, and a qualifying pardon. The official instructions state a $200 filing fee paid in advance, with possible service and copy costs. Required notice can reach the prosecutor, arresting agency, confinement institution, and each court that disposed of a listed charge.

The pardon-based expungement statute is also the source for this Union criminal record image:

It shows why a pardon route has its own timing and eligibility rules rather than serving as a shortcut for every Union record.

Union Dismissal Record Expungement

For acquittals and dismissals, West Virginia Code section 61-11-25 supplies the official basis for the next Union record image:

The image reinforces a key limit: a dismissal does not erase a Union arrest or booking reference on its own; a court order must cover the record.

Public Access Rules

Union police and sheriff records fall under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, while Union court files also follow judiciary rules and court orders. A written Union request should describe an existing record with enough detail to find it. The custodian must respond as soon as practicable and no later than five working days after receipt, unless the parties agree otherwise. That Union response may grant access, deny it with reasons, or explain that more time is needed. It is not a promise that every page will be produced within five days.

Active-investigation harm, fair-trial concerns, privacy, confidential sources, investigative methods, and safety risk may support withholding under state law. Juvenile cases, protected victim data, sealed or expunged files, sensitive identifiers, and some unserved warrant facts also fall outside ordinary public access. Ask for segregable portions, which means nonexempt material that can be released after protected details are redacted.