Search Paw Paw Property Records

Searching Paw Paw Property Records

Begin a Paw Paw lookup with the Morgan County WV Property Assessment search. Pick the tax district. From there, search by Street Name, Owner Name, Full Parcel ID, or Map Number. You can also search by Parcel or Sub-Parcel. Save the owner of record, situs and mailing addresses, and acreage. Keep the legal description too. Note the deed book and page. That deed reference leads to the Morgan County Clerk. For questions about work on the site, follow up with the county GIS parcel layer. You can also check the town's permit or zoning documents.

1. Search the Assessor by Winchester Street, owner, or a known parcel key.
2. Use the resulting deed book/page or grantee name at the Morgan County Clerk.
3. Use the Sheriff/Treasurer for bills and the county GIS viewer for parcel location.
4. Check Paw Paw's building permit, zoning map, and development documents for municipal work.
5. Ask the town about an address-specific permit, code, complaint, or inspection file.

The Morgan County property search explains every county field. Paw Paw's town documents add the municipal side of the record trail, from permits to local approvals.

County and Paw Paw Record Custodians

Paw Paw deeds sit in Morgan County. So do the assessment, parcel, and tax files. The town keeps separate papers. Its documents page carries the Building Permit form and other municipal forms, and Community Development and Code Enforcement handles planning and zoning, property maintenance, and code inspections. The town offers no address-keyed permit database, so request the file for the specific property instead of treating the page as a complete permit index.

Paw Paw Areas in the County Record

The town posts no current subdivision roster. The Paw Paw anchors can still guide a parcel or permit search. No name here is a claim of formal status. Confirm each one in the County Clerk or Planning Commission plat packet. Rely on it only after that. A county tax map and a town zoning map answer separate questions in the end.

Walk Winchester Street to enumerate Paw Paw parcels. Then compare the town's permit location with the tax-map ID and the deed description. A zoning map names no owner of record. For parcel boundaries and limits, Morgan County parcel maps explains the county layer and where it stops short.

Paw Paw's 1891 Incorporation

Paw Paw incorporated in 1891, per the town's official documents page. That date starts the municipal record. No annexation chronology or current boundary map appears on the town's pages. Paw Paw sits in west Morgan County. Nearby rural addresses can share its road or postal language without falling inside the town line. Take edge questions to the town zoning map and the Morgan County GIS office.

ZIP 25434 appears in town permit and contact materials. A ZIP is delivery geography, not incorporation. Great Cacapon is a Census-designated place, not Paw Paw. Nearby rural land in Morgan County remains under the county's record systems. Compare the exact parcel and town map rather than trusting a mailing city.

The Paw Paw Building Permit Form

Paw Paw's Building Permit form, revised February 7, 2022, carries a $25 application fee. No work can start before approval. The council acts at its first meeting after submission. Permanent or temporary outside construction requires a permit. The form asks about the owner and location, the project description, floodplain status, contractor information, and fee and approval processing.

Paw Paw's official documents page lists the building permit and related town forms.

The document list starts permit requests. It is no address-search database.

Paw Paw Floodplain and Setback Review

A "yes" to the floodplain question sends the form to the Morgan County Flood Plain Manager. The permit starts in Paw Paw. Floodplain administration then crosses to the county. The form also sets a general rule that structures sit five feet inside the property line, a permit standard rather than a survey of the parcel boundary.

Other approvals can follow. Contractor work triggers a Paw Paw business-license requirement. Sign permits or Fire Department review may appear in the town's development material. The Planning Commission's 2024 packet adds a requirement. Site plans need dimensional information under Section 42-404 of the Zoning Ordinance and applicable permits before construction. A town permit file shows the review steps. Ownership and land lines stay with the County Clerk deed and survey.

Paw Paw Zoning and Code Contacts

Paw Paw's Community Development and Code Enforcement page links a zoning map dated September 4, 2017, plus a DDA district map, a master plan, and a development-process flowchart. Jeremiah Jones serves as Code Enforcement Officer. Leonard Lux is Community Development Coordinator and Zoning Administrator. Bryan Myrkle is Village Manager. The department handles planning and zoning, rental inspections, property maintenance, code inspections, and coordination with contract building services.

The page offers no public address search of permits, complaints, or inspection results. Request the address-specific file from the town. Note which map or form answered the question. A map district explains what review applies, but it never shows the current owner. For ownership, use Morgan County assessment and deed records. Paw Paw Community Development and Code Enforcement lists the zoning and code contacts.

The zoning and code page supplies local development context beside the county tax parcel.

Paw Paw's Other Property Documents

The Town documents page covers more than building permits. B&O tax classification and remittance material sits alongside business-license rates, complaint and nuisance forms. Water and sewer applications are there too. You will also find a fee schedule, local ordinances, and a town request form. These papers can trace a business, a service connection, or a municipal review. Each thread ties back to a property. They do not replace the Morgan County assessment or deed.

The Town's resident page opens meeting access. Minutes often name streets, property matters, or improvements even without a searchable permit index. Ask in writing for anything address-specific. Keep the date and document title handy. That way each town record lines up beside the county parcel card. It also matches any later site plan.

Paw Paw Value and County Context

Paw Paw publishes no revaluation series of its own. The public Assessor portal lets you build a local slice. Start from Paw Paw streets or districts. Its land, building, total appraisal, sale date, price, and acreage fields do the work. Compare the town center, Winchester Street, and rural parcels separately. Skip a town median unless your query can be reproduced.

QuickFacts counts Morgan County's 2025 population at 18,027. The same figures show owner-occupied housing at 84.1 percent. They also list a median owner-occupied value of $240,600 for 2020-2024, and 130 building permits in 2025. Those are county numbers. The Assessor roll is annual and can lag a deed. So note its tax year beside every figure you cite.

Paw Paw Property Record Limits

Paw Paw property records pair town development documents with Morgan County's land, tax, and parcel records. A permit points to a project. The Assessor names a tax owner. The GIS map finds the parcel, and the Clerk records the deed. None stands in for another. A zoning map is not title, an assessor card is not a survey, and a town document list is not a complete address index.