West Virginia, Preston County
Where Kingwood's records are kept. Court and property records for Kingwood sit with Preston County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of West Virginia.
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As a small town, Kingwood relies on Preston County and the State of West Virginia for its public records. The cards below are the West Virginia state offices, and the Preston County offices are on our Preston County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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 RecordsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseCity records
From the Culture Center in Charleston, West Virginia Archives and History offers birth, death and marriage databases and genealogy guides; written research requests cost $10 in state and $20 from elsewhere.
Open official site West Virginia Archives and HistoryCounty 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 JudiciaryEverything else, organized
13 more Kingwood sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Kingwood, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Kingwood, a place of 2,980 people, is the seat of Preston County, so most county offices are in Kingwood itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Our Preston County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits, 0 of them not producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 2 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 2 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. The Office of Miners Health Safety and Training keeps the legal Mine Map Archives, the final certified maps required since the 1968 Hominy Falls disaster, at minesafety.wv.gov/historical-statistical-data/west-virginia-mine-map-archives under Historical and Statistical Data.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Kingwood sits over the Appalachian Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by WVGES Scanned West Virginia Mine Maps (Mine Information Database System) and linked below.
West Virginia abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 10 investigations with a Kingwood address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $4,626 in back wages agreed for 14 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer Contractors, Inc. | 1 | $2,581 | 2 |
| Peaslee Service Center, LLC | 1 | $1,520 | 5 |
| Windy Hill Manor Limited Partnership | 1 | $307 | 1 |
| Preston Healthcare Services, LLC. | 1 | $114 | 3 |
| Kingwood Center LLC | 2 | $105 | 3 |
| HydroHaul | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Monroe's Deli Style Eatery LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Kingwood, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The West Virginia wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in West Virginia is run by the West Virginia Secretary of State, and the county clerk keeps the roll for Kingwood. You can register online, by mail or in person. Voter registration closes on the 21st day before the election (W. Va. Code 3-2-6).
Certified birth and death certificates for events in West Virginia come from the West Virginia Health Statistics Center, Vital Registration Office. The fee is $12 for each copy.
Deeds for property in Kingwood are recorded by the clerk of the county commission, the county assessor sets the assessed value, and the county sheriff sends the tax bill. Our Preston County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Kingwood register with the West Virginia Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. Most cities and counties require a local business license or permit to operate within city or county limits, according to the state business portal.
West Virginia criminal history checks are run by the West Virginia State Police, Criminal Identification Bureau. Background checks are fingerprint based and go through IdentoGO; schedule an appointment at www.identogo.com or call 855-766-7746.
Same county
Other places in Preston County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Preston County records are on the county page.