Chesterfield County Circuit Court, Virginia Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Contact

Email to clerk

Applicants must email the Probate Division before visiting; full probate and qualification matters are by appointment, and appointments are not scheduled until required information is provided.

Before visiting the Circuit Court, contact the Probate Division by email. Full probate and qualification matters are handled by appointment only. Appointments will not be scheduled until all necessary information has been provided to Probate staff in advance.

CRITICAL

Hearing dates for motions other than bond motions must be obtained from the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.

With the exception of bond motions, dates for hearings on motions must be obtained from the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

804-717-6517

After submitting a marriage license application online, applicants should call the Records Rooms for verification and next steps.

To apply for a marriage license, access the Clerk’s automated marriage license application system. To minimize wait times, after online submission, call the Records Rooms at 804-717-6517 for the verification process and next steps.

WARNING

Will-recording and estate-qualification matters must be handled by the Clerk’s Office in the decedent’s jurisdiction and are by appointment.

To record a will and/or to qualify an Executor or Administrator of a decedent’s estate, you must contact the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office in the jurisdiction in which the decedent resided at the time of death. Probate/estate matters are handled by appointment.

WARNING

Contact

Email to chambers

To schedule a civil trial, the attorney should contact the assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant by phone or email, with email preferred.

To set a case for trial in a civil matter, the attorney should call or email the assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant. Email is the preferred method of communication to ensure all parties have properly communicated.

WARNING

Contact

Email to clerk

Before visiting the Clerk's Office to request authorization, email the Circuit Court Clerk

Before visiting the Clerk's Office to request authorization, email the Circuit Court Clerk

WARNING

Civil trials should be scheduled through the Judicial Assistant by phone or email after counsel obtains mutually agreeable dates.

Cases should be set by telephone or email through the Judicial Assistant, once mutually agreeable dates are obtained by counsel.

WARNING

These cases should also be set by telephone or email through the Judicial Assistant, once mutually agreeable dates are obtained by counsel/parties and the proper motion is filed with the Clerk’s Office.

These cases should also be set by telephone or email through the Judicial Assistant, once mutually agreeable dates are obtained by counsel/parties and the proper motion is filed with the Clerk’s Office.

WARNING

Judges cannot communicate outside court proceedings; administrative-process questions should be directed to the Clerk.

Judges are ethically prohibited from out of court communications (written or oral). Therefore, questions as to any administrative process should be directed to the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

WARNING

Chambers deliveries are accepted from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM; other service requires an appointment.

8 AM – 4:00 PM – Judge’s Chambers delivery hours. All other service is by appointment only.

WARNING

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

804-748-1241

Copy requests may be made by phone using the listed division numbers; telephone requests are payable by credit card and incur a $2 processing fee plus postage.

By Phone - If you are unsure of the appropriate division you are trying to reach, call 804-748-1241 (8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday). For civil case copy requests, call 804-717-6981; for criminal case copy requests, call 804-717-6980; for land records requests, call 804-717-6982. Phone requests are payable by credit card (for an additional $2 processing fee plus postage).

WARNING

Court staff may be unable to accommodate short-notice requests for courtroom-technology assistance.

Please note, court staff may not be able to accommodate short-notice requests for technical assistance with courtroom technology.

WARNING

Chambers deliveries are available from 8 AM to 4 PM; all other service is by appointment only.

8 AM – 4:00 PM – Judge’s Chambers delivery hours. All other service is by appointment only.

INFO

Contact

Email to chambers

Attorneys should contact the assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant by phone or email to set a civil trial, with email preferred.

To set a case for trial in a civil matter, the attorney should call or email the assigned Judge’s Judicial Assistant. Email is the preferred method of communication to ensure all parties have properly communicated.

INFO

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

804-748-1333

To contact the Judges’ Law Clerks for civil matters, call the listed number and select the appropriate option.

For Judges’ Law Clerks (civil) - call 804-748-1333 and select the appropriate option.

INFO

The Clerk’s Office’s public service hours are 8 AM to 4 PM.

The public service hours of both the Clerk’s Office and Judges’ Chambers are 8 AM – 4 PM.

INFO

Civil trials and most hearings are scheduled with the judges’ legal assistants.

Civil trials and most hearings are set with Judges' legal assistants.

INFO

Contact

Phone to chambers

Counsel should obtain mutually agreeable dates before setting a civil trial by telephone or email through the Judicial Assistant.

Trials: Cases should be set by telephone or email through the Judicial Assistant, once mutually agreeable dates are obtained by counsel.

INFO

The Clerk’s Office recording hours are 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

8 AM – 3:30 PM – Recording hours (Clerk’s Office)

INFO

For information about the separate attorney appointment lists maintained by the General District and J&DR District Courts, contact the respective Clerk’s Offices directly.

Please note, the Chesterfield General District and J&DR District Courts maintain separate attorney appointment lists. Contact the respective Clerk’s Offices directly for information.

INFO

For information about the separate appointment lists maintained by the General District and J&DR District Courts, contact the respective Clerk’s Offices directly.

Please note, the Chesterfield General District and J&DR District Courts maintain separate attorney appointment lists. Contact the respective Clerk’s Offices directly for information.

INFO

Criminal cases are scheduled through the Commonwealth Attorney on designated days.

Criminal cases set through Commonwealth Attorney on designated days.

INFO

Contact

Phone to chambers

Phone

804-748-1333

To contact a judge’s civil law clerk, call 804-748-1333 and select the appropriate option.

For Judges’ Law Clerks (civil) - call 804-748-1333 and select the appropriate option.

INFO

The Clerk’s Office public service hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

8 AM – 4:00 PM - Clerk’s Office public service hours

INFO

The Clerk’s Office and Judges’ Chambers have public service hours from 8 AM to 4 PM.

The public service hours of both the Clerk’s Office and Judges’ Chambers are 8 AM – 4 PM.