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Looking for a Specific Record?
Use the custodian that holds the type of Pendleton County record you need. The County Clerk's office is in the courthouse area at Franklin, the county seat; assessment and tax questions go to separate offices.
- Who owns a property, or what it sold for: see the Pendleton County property search
- Deeds and chain of title: see Pendleton County deed records
- Assessed value, exemptions, and tax bills: see Pendleton County property tax records
- Boundaries and parcel numbers: see Pendleton County parcel maps
- The offices behind the records: see Pendleton County property records offices
- Records not available online: ask the public custodian whether a West Virginia Freedom of Information Act (WV FOIA) request is the right route
Pendleton County Clerk: 10 South Main Street, P.O. Box 1167, Franklin, WV 26807. Call 304-358-2505 or email countyclerk@pendletoncountywv.gov. Published counter hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Clerk records deeds, deeds of trust, releases, judgments, wills, probate filings, and related land documents. Confirm hours and copy arrangements before traveling.
Pendleton County Assessor: 10 South Main Street, P.O. Box 937, Franklin, WV 26807. The county information reports 304-358-2563, while a state directory lists 304-358-7535; verify the correct number with the county before relying on it. The Assessor maintains property descriptions and assessments, not deed copies or tax-payment balances.
Property tax collection: the Pendleton County Sheriff's Office handles county property tax questions. Use the Sheriff's official department page for current contact details and tax-service information. The West Virginia Auditor's county collection search is a public inquiry tool; the sheriff's published page identifies the actual payment route.
Under West Virginia Code ยง29B-1-3, a custodian must, as soon as practicable and within five days excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, provide the records, arrange inspection, or issue a written denial. A public body may recover its actual reproduction cost, but may not charge search or retrieval time as a reproduction fee. Send a request directly to the custodian and describe the record with reasonable specificity. The Act does not make this private website a government records office.
For birth, marriage, or death certificates, contact West Virginia Vital Registration; those certificates follow state procedures and are not land records. Questions about a business entity named on an assessment card can be checked through the Secretary of State, but the local deed and parcel record remain the proof of the land connection.