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Northern District of West Virginia

The Northern District of West Virginia is the federal bankruptcy court for 32 counties in West Virginia, divided into 4 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Clarksburg Division

11 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. W. Va., Court Info — Divisions: "Clarksburg: Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, and Taylor counties"

Elkins Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. W. Va., Court Info — Divisions: "Elkins: Barbour, Grant, Hardy, Pendleton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur, and Webster counties"

Martinsburg Division

5 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. W. Va., Court Info — Divisions: "Martinsburg: Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, and Morgan counties"

Wheeling Division

6 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. W. Va., Court Info — Divisions: "Wheeling: Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel, and Tyler counties"

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How the Northern District of West Virginia runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

What the Northern District of West Virginia publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 61 this court publishes.

Standing orders

General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.

Showing 12 of 29 this court publishes.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.wvnb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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