West Virginia Busted Mugshots is a private reference service, not a government office. It cannot confirm who is in custody, provide or remove an official booking photo, post bond, or obtain a record on someone's behalf. Contact the agency or court that holds the record for a current answer.
Routes to West Virginia Records
The arresting county or agency controls the first booking record. A later transfer to a regional jail, a state-prison sentence, or federal custody changes the useful search path. No single statewide phone line can confirm every local and state record. Use the official system or custodian below for the type of question involved.
- For a local arrest, choose the county in the County Directory and use that locality's official source path.
- For a booking sheet or photo request, the statewide records page explains which custodian to ask and what details to include.
- For current state custody or offender information, start at the official WVDCR search hub; its FOIA request policy explains the agency request route.
- For a state-prison profile and photo, use the WVDCR offender-search page.
- For federal custody, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE locator; neither is a public mugshot archive.
- For a case result, open the Judiciary's Court Record Access page or contact the county clerk for certified copies.