Pleasants County, West Virginia, comprises five cities, with Saint Marys as its county seat. Pleasants County, WV, property records register the timeline of all land ownership transfers. This chain of title supports real estate transactions by providing critical information to buyers, sellers, and lenders.

Latest Pleasants County property records show a median home value of $117,500, a median rent of $642, and a median household income of $53,256. The records also indicate that Pleasants County collects 0.6% of a property's value as property tax.

Property records in Pleasants County, WV, are administered by the County Clerk. The office primarily handles the archival process of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, leases, and other miscellaneous real estate documents filed by the citizens. They typically store these instruments in physical and electronic formats by the names involved, recording dates, book/page, and record types as identifiers.

Except for those kept private by West Virginia state law, most property records are usually available for the public to access, on-site or remotely.

The Pleasants County Clerk's office at 301 Court Lane, St. Marys, WV 26170-1333, follows this mandate by allowing the county citizens to access and obtain records directly from their storage facilities during business hours. They also assign knowledgeable office staff to assist during document retrieval to prevent circumstances that may jeopardize the records.  

While the Clerk still needs to establish an online database for remote access to records, they accommodate document requests to compensate for the lack of an online platform. For information on this request process and any associated fees, contact the office at (304) 684-3542.

To verify zoning information in Pleasants County, property owners should contact the local office administrating the property in question. They maintain zoning-related records, tools, and maps for the land parcels they govern. For additional zoning verification, one can utilize the  WV Property Assessment website. This website contains maps and property information that includes zoning details.