West Virginia, Jefferson County
Where Harpers Ferry's records are kept. Harpers Ferry has its own town government, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Harpers Ferry's own offices, along with State of West Virginia offices; the Jefferson County offices are on our Jefferson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
County court
Covers northern West Virginia from offices in Wheeling and Clarksburg; the court posts hearing and 341 meeting calendars, opinions and forms, and its case locator runs through PACER.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of West VirginiaCounty court
Website of West Virginia's unified court system, with court information by county, forms, e-filing, payments, court record searches and Supreme Court of Appeals and Intermediate Court of Appeals opinions and dockets.
Open official site West Virginia JudiciaryVital records
The state's official repository of birth, death, marriage and divorce records issues certified birth, death, fetal death and marriage certificates for a fee and corrects or amends records; genealogy requests are handled too.
Open official site West Virginia Health Statistics Center Vital RecordsPolice & jail
See missing person cases posted by the West Virginia State Police, with photos, case details and how to report information to investigators.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Registry released by the West Virginia State Police under the state Sex Offender Registration Act; visitors accept its terms before searching, and listings may still be under verification by registry staff.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
Request a West Virginia criminal history record check through the State Police Criminal Records Section, the state's central repository for arrest records.
Open official site West Virginia State Police Criminal Records SectionFederal
U.S. Census Bureau profile page summarizing population, income, education, employment, housing and health data for Harpers Ferry town, West Virginia, starting with a 2020 Census count of 269.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileState records
Corporation of Harpers Ferry site with town council, planning, landmarks and zoning appeals pages, ordinances, meeting notices and records, FOIA requests, forms and payments. Town office: 1000 W Washington St.
Open official site Corporation of Harpers FerryPolice & jail
Harpers Ferry Police Department page listing the chief and officers, its civil service commission and the parking committee; the department enforces residential permit parking, with $5 decals issued by the police clerk.
Open official site Harpers Ferry Police DepartmentCity records
The Jefferson County Schools site for Harpers Ferry Middle School, with new student registration, absence reporting, the family handbook, newsletter, events calendar and the school's phone and fax numbers.
Open official site Harpers Ferry Middle SchoolProperty records
The seven member Harpers Ferry Planning Commission advises on orderly development and historic preservation. Its page posts the official zoning map, the town plan, forms and applications and meeting notices and records.
Open official site Harpers Ferry Planning CommissionCity records
The Corporation of Harpers Ferry's list of businesses holding a town license, grouped by trade, from bed and breakfasts and short term rentals to builders, restaurants, retail shops and the wax museum.
Open official site Harpers Ferry Business LicensesEverything else, organized
5 more Harpers Ferry sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Harpers Ferry, a place of 269 people, is in Jefferson County, whose county seat is Charles Town. Court and property records sit with Jefferson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of West Virginia. Harpers Ferry's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jefferson County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in West Virginia is run by the West Virginia Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Harpers Ferry.
Deeds for property in Harpers Ferry are recorded by the Jefferson County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jefferson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in West Virginia come from the state vital records office, West Virginia Vital Registration. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.