Wetzel Property Records
Wetzel County, West Virginia, has 17 municipalities, with New Martinsville as the county seat. In Wetzel County, WV, property records document property information, including ownership identities, zoning, parcel dimensions, and market values vital for administrative, legal, and practical purposes.
As reflected in Wetzel County property records, the county has a median home value of $97,333 and a median rent cost of around $553. Households in the county earn median salaries of $53,566 and pay median property taxes at a rate of 0.73% of assessed property values.
Property records in Wetzel County, WV, are maintained by the County Clerk. The office handles the recording and archiving of deeds, leases, liens, plats, and other miscellaneous real estate transaction documents. The Clerk typically indexes the recorded instruments by the names involved, book/page reference, record type, recording date range, and legal description.
The office exhausts its faculties to provide convenient public access to records. Since the Web Inquiry online database is currently undergoing maintenance, the best recourse is to drop by the Clerk's office in the Wetzel County Commission at New Martinsville, WV 26155, during office hours to retrieve the instruments personally.
However, to avoid overcrowding, one must schedule an appointment with the Clerk's office at (304) 455-8224 before visiting.
Additionally, the Clerk willingly caters to remote record requests sent through the mail (P.O. Box 156, New Martinsville, WV 26155), provided it includes the necessary document references and the associated fees. The public can call the Clerk's hotline to learn about the cost breakdown and the entailing payment methods.
To ascertain zoning information for a property in Wetzel County, contact the planning or zoning office of the municipality with jurisdiction over the property. Municipal offices have technical staff available to assist the public in obtaining pertinent zoning records. These records may include regulations, ordinances, maps, and plans, serving as reliable references for verifying zoning data.
Wetzel County Property Records Search
Wetzel County Registrar of Deeds
Wetzel County Clerk
Address: | 200 Main St. | |
Phone: | 304-455-8224 | |
Fax: | 304-455-5256 | |
Hours: | Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM | |
Email: | countyclerk@wetzelcc.com | |
Website: | https://www.wetzelwv.com/county-clerk | |
Official Records Search: | http://www.wetzelcountywv.us/WEBInquiry/Default.aspx |
Wetzel County Property Statistics
Tax Assessor
- Total Parcels: 16,030
- Commercial Parcels: 846
- Residential Parcels: 11,781
- Other Parcels: 3,403
- Tax Amount Population: 91.38%
- Tax Year: 2022
- Last Assr Update: 2022-11-07
- Tape Cutoff Date: 2022-07-01
- Assessment Year: 2022
- FIPS Code: 54103
Recorder
- Deed Min: 2006-01-03
- Deed Max: 2023-03-31
- Commercial Deed Docs: 11,145
- Residential Deed Docs: 3,837
- Mortgage Min: 2006-01-02
- Mortgage Max: 2023-03-31
- Commercial Mortgage Docs: 5,747
- Residential Mortgage Docs: 2,060
- FIPS Code: 54103
- Deed Docs: 14,982
- Mortgage Docs: 7,807
AVM
- County Population: 16030
- Most Current Valuation Date: 2023-03-21
- Total Parcels: 2,730
- Residential Parcels: 2,730
- FIPS Code: 54103
Geocode
- Total Parcels: 16,025
- Geocode Unavailable: 0
- Parcel-Centroid Geocodes: 15,703
- Street-Level Geocodes: 164
- Other Geocodes: 158
- FIPS Code: 54103
Foreclosure
- State FIPs: 54
- County FIPs: 103
- Judicial/Non-Judicial: Non-Judicial
- Min Recording Date: 2007-03-27
- NOD Document Count: 0
- NOD Max Recording Date: N/A
- NTS Document Count: 12
- NTS Max Recording Date: 2023-03-22
- LP Document Count: 0
- LP MaxRecording Date: N/A
- NOS Document Count: 0
- NOS Max Recording Date: N/A
Assignment and Release
- FIPs: 54103
- Total Records: 8178
- Assignment Min Recording Date: 2005-01-03
- Assignment Max Recording Date: 2022-08-01
- Assignment Doc Count: 589
- Release Min Recording Date: 2005-01-03
- Release Max Recording Date: 2023-03-16
- Release Doc Count: 6221
- Other Min Recording Date: 2005-01-03
- Other Max Recording Date: 2020-10-28
- Other Doc Count: 1368
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