This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. Contact the public office that holds the record or custody information directly.
Official Nicholas County Routes
Choose the route that matches the record you need. Nicholas County has no verified standalone sheriff booking roster, and a local arrest may lead to a county office, a city department, the Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, or a court clerk.
Sheriff questions and county records
The Nicholas County Sheriff main law-office number is (304) 872-7880; the communications center and dispatch number is (304) 872-7814. Official sources conflict on the office address: the county page lists 449 Water Street, Suite 1, Summersville, WV 26651, while the sheriff website and state sheriff directory list 700 Main Street, Suite 3, Summersville, WV 26651. Confirm the destination before sending a time-sensitive request. County offices generally publish weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but no separate sheriff records-counter schedule was verified. Dispatch is for communications and emergencies, not necessarily records intake.
Central Regional Jail and DCR records
Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is at 1255 Dyer Hill Road, Sutton, WV 26601, with a facility number of (304) 765-7904. For DCR records or an intake-photo question, use the DCR policies page as the records-request authority. It includes Policy 108.01 for Freedom of Information Act requests. Call the facility only to identify the correct DCR channel, not to ask staff to disclose a private person's history.
Court and municipal record routes
The Nicholas Magistrate Clerk is at 511 Church Street, Summersville, WV 26651, (304) 872-7829. The Circuit Clerk is at 700 Main Street, Suite 5, Summersville, WV 26651, (304) 872-7810. A court search or clerk is the better route for a filed case and its disposition. For a city police report, contact Summersville Police at 400 Broad Street, Summersville, WV 26651, (304) 872-1211 ext. 116, or contact Richwood Police Chief Dan Pitts at (304) 846-2571 and Richwood City Hall at (304) 846-2596. Ask the city to identify the records custodian before submitting a request.
The countywide guide explains official custody searches, booking-record requests, and the limits of a recent-admissions result. The Most Wanted page explains a court-based warrant check. Use the official regional-jail offender search for current regional custody, the DCR prison search for a later state-prison placement, and the federal BOP locator or ICE locator when those systems apply.
- For a narrow public-record request, identify the person, date, incident location, and known report or case number, then direct it to the actual custodian under West Virginia Code ยง29B.
- For a current regional-jail status, begin with the DCR search rather than assuming the sheriff maintains a public county roster.
- For a court outcome, search the magistrate or circuit system and ask the appropriate clerk about copies or documents that are not online.
- For an alleged city incident, confirm whether the city police, sheriff, or another agency created the responsive report before sending a request.