Available Accommodations

If you need an accommodation in order to participate in a court program held at the capitol complex, you must contact the clerk's office no less than 2 business days (not including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) in advance. You may contact the clerk's office by calling Claudia Townsend at 304/558-2601 (telephone) or 304/558-4219 (TTY); or by writing to Claudia Townsend at: claudiatownsend@courtswv.org (e-mail) or at Building 1, Room E-317, Kanawha Boulevard, E., Charleston, WV 25305-0832 (regular mail).

* Note: If you have a case or will be participating in an action in a circuit court, magistrate court or family court and need an accommodation, please contact the magistrate or circuit court clerk in that county for information on how to obtain the needed accommodation.

The following accommodations are available on the premises of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

(1) There is an assistive listening device in the courtroom, which, as its name implies, will assist persons who are hard-of-hearing with hearing the court proceedings. It is an FM system. Users have a choice of earphones or a neckloop (the neckloop may be used by persons who have hearing aids equipped with a telecoil).

(2) The Court has a wheelchair on the premises for people who have difficulty walking far distances. Please alert the clerk's office in advance if you need someone to meet you in the parking lot with the wheelchair.

(3) Other accommodations (such as sign language interpreters, real-time reporting, enlarging printed materials or providing printed materials in Braille) will be provided upon request if such request is reasonable.