This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that controls the record or custody status.
Official Clay County Record Contacts
Use the contacts below based on the type of record or custody question. Public counter hours were not published in the Clay County and WVDCR sources reviewed, so call before traveling.
Regional Jail Custody
Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
1255 Dyer Hill Road, Sutton, WV 26601
Phone: (304) 765-7904
Fax: (304) 765-3341
Operator: West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Official facility page: dcr.wv.gov/facilities/Pages/prisons-and-jails/crjcf.aspx
Sheriff-Created Records
Clay County Sheriff Donald J. Triplett Jr.
PO Box 429, Clay, WV 25043
Phone: (304) 587-4260
Fax: (304) 587-8366
Email: sheriff@claycountywv.us
Official sheriff page: claycountywv.us/government/county-sheriff
Clay County Court Records
Clay Magistrate Clerk
Clay County Judicial Annex, PO Box 393, 262 Main Street, Clay, WV 25043
Phone: (304) 587-2131
Fax: (304) 587-2727
Clay Circuit Clerk Clarrisa Hanshaw
PO Box 129, 246 Main Street, Clay, WV 25043
Phone: (304) 587-4256
Email: circuit.clerk@claycountywv.us
No Clay-specific sheriff FOIA form was located. For sheriff-created arrest or incident records, make a written request to the custodian under WV Code section 29B-1-3 and describe the record as precisely as possible. Exemptions may apply under WV Code section 29B-1-4.
- For a current Clay County regional-jail custody search, start with jail inmate records and the WVDCR jail search.
- For booking photos and roster-image limits, use jail roster mugshots.
- For charges filed after arrest, court dates, and case records, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility details, use the Central Regional Jail page linked in the footer.
- For sentenced prison, parole, or active-supervision status, use the WVDCR locator at apps.wv.gov/ois/offendersearch/doc.
- For sentenced federal custody or immigration detention, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.