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The individual Departments within the Courthouse and Annex deliver high-quality service and work diligently to assist the public with their needs.  Departments are governed by their respective Elected Official that strives to uphold the commitment they made to serve the residents of Upshur County.
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Sheep & Goat Program



This passed during the 2004 legislative session and it allows assessors to collect $1.00 per head on all breeding age sheep and goats. The money is deposited into a special account designated Integrated Predation Management Fund, which will be used solely to enter into a cooperative service agreement with the US Department of Agriculture to expand the coyote control program. Farmers can pay the $1.00 per head at the time of their assessment and if the farmer has a sheep or goat that was killed by a coyote, he can contact the Department of Agriculture and have the coyote trapped and killed.