Digitalcourthouse.com is a small privately held company that maintains a searchable database of property owner and assessment information within the state of West Virginia. We are based in Charleston, West Virginia. Doug McKenzie, in Summersville, West Virginia, formed Digitalcourthouse.com in 1997. Real estate companies, appraisers, landmen, surveyors, engineers, collection agencies, law offices, abstractors, oil and gas companies, and coal companies are some examples of clients that use our database regularly.

   The database is a compilation of the Land Book Assessment information for all 55 counties within our state. Some of the courthouse records provided are the appraised land values, tax maps, legal property descriptions, and owner addresses. The database also provides the reference to the document used to convey the most recent transaction to the property owner such as the deed book or will book and page reference.

   Our tax maps are provided in .pdf and .tiff form. They were provided from the West Virginia State Tax Department and are available to the public at large. Most of the tax maps were generated from the mid 2000’s. We can provide newly created tax maps on a requested basis. They are generated by the county assessors office.

   The West Virginia state tax assessment data came from the end of tax year final data after the Board of Equalization County Commission public hearings. This is the same data that is keyed into the Land Books by the county assessors. The property taxes are then determined by the appraised property values. West Virginia is on a fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of the following year.

   We have recently added an 12 year search history. By inserting the District, Map, and Parcel information into our database you can find the property assessment information for the last 12 years.

   We are working with the county clerks toward adding deeds, wills, and other instruments of conveyance for our clients to view. If you need a copy of a deed, will, or any other instrument maintained in the courthouses then we would recommend contacting the West Virginia County Clerks directly. We have found many of the clerks are willing to copy and mail a requested document for a small fee.

   We do not currently have scanned images of deeds because they are not available. E-mail us and let us know what you would like to see, we'll do our best to include your request in future updates.

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West Virginia appraised values are displayed in all search results and were calculated by dividing the assessment value by 60%.

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