West Virginia Legal Overview: Winchester The Winchester metropolitan area covers Hampshire County in West Virginia, along with Frederick County and the City of Winchester in Virginia. The Winchester, VA-WV MSA is a part of the larger Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA. Apart from the Winchester MSA, this combined statistical area includes the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA and the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA. The CSA also includes the Lexington Park, MD and Culpeper, VA micropolitan areas. As far as West Virginia is concerned, the CSA includes only Hampshire and Jefferson Counties.
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1. Hampshire County comes under the 22nd Judicial Circuit, which also covers Hardy and Pendleton Counties. The circuit courts are the main trial courts with general jurisdiction. The Hampshire County Circuit Court located in Romney handles all the felony prosecutions and has civil jurisdiction over all cases above $300. Family law cases go to the Hampshire Family Court in Romney, which comes under the 23rd Family Court Circuit, which also includes Mineral and Morgan Counties. The county also two limited jurisdiction magistrates located in Romney to handle ordinance violations, misdemeanors and civil cases not exceeding $5,000.
Hampshire County Courts
Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against municipal, magistrate and family court verdicts can be heard by the circuit court. Family court case appeals can also be directly heard by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, which is the highest court in the judicial system. West Virginia has no intermediate appellate court. Federal court cases in Hampshire County must be filed with the Martinsburg Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Federal appeals go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Locate a Romney attorney today! |