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Magistrate - Unexpired - Division 5

What does this office do?

  • Deciding trials in the county
  • Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
  • Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes

Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,

Candidates:

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

Eri Belaj, listed by the state judiciary as Ermira Belaj, is a Berkeley County magistrate, a judge who handles misdemeanors, small civil claims and first appearances in criminal cases. Belaj lives in Martinsburg.

Source: candidates.wvsos.gov