This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office contacts below for custody, court, bond, and record questions.
Official Contacts for Lincoln County Record Questions
Use the office that matches the record. Lincoln County arrests and local reports often start with the sheriff or another law-enforcement agency, current jail custody is handled by Western Regional Jail, and filed cases move through the court system.
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Lincoln County Courthouse, 8000 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV 25523
Mailing address: PO Box 467, Hamlin, WV 25523
Phone: (304) 824-7990 ext. 227, 232, 222, or 262
Fax: (304) 824-3430; law-enforcement/secretary fax extensions are listed as 225, 260, and 279
County office hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday closed
Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
1 O'Hanlon Place, Barboursville, WV 25504
Facility phone: (304) 733-6821
Additional WVDCR phone listing: (304) 733-6867
Non-contact visitation scheduling: (304) 733-6850
General questions in the jail brochure: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; property release Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Lincoln County Courts
Lincoln County Courthouse, 8000 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV 25523
Magistrate Clerk Lori A. Whitten: PO Box 573, Hamlin, WV 25523; (304) 824-7999 ext. 235; fax (304) 824-5280
Magistrate Gary Linville: (304) 824-7999 ext. 236; Magistrate Sophia J. Tully: (304) 824-7999 ext. 237
Circuit Clerk: PO Box 338, Hamlin, WV 25523; (304) 824-7990 ext. 239; fax (304) 824-2011
Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Bowen: PO Box 685, Hamlin, WV 25523; (304) 824-7990 ext. 248; fax (304) 824-5629
For faster routing, start with the record type:
- For someone in regional jail custody, start with jail inmate records and then call Western Regional Jail if the online search does not resolve the question.
- For booking-photo context, use jail roster mugshots and remember that photos depend on what the official roster displays.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, then contact the Magistrate Clerk or Circuit Clerk for copies.
- For a specific jail facility, use the Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison offender search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System instead of the county jail path.