Chesterfield General District Court, Virginia Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCriminal cases

Payments and proof of community service received within 10 days after their due date must be treated as timely.

Any payment or proof of community service received within ten (10) days of its due date must be considered timely made.

CRITICALCivil cases

Petitioners must submit a remote hearing request at least 10 days before the scheduled hearing.

Petitioners must submit a remote hearing request at least ten (10) days before the scheduled hearing date.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The community service letter must be submitted to the Clerk's office on or before the payment due date.

submit such letter to the Clerk's office on or before the payment due date.

CRITICALCivil cases

Requests filed 1–9 days before the hearing will be denied unless the petitioner was not timely served, with the presiding judge making the final determination after reviewing the request.

Remote hearing requests filed within ten (10) days of the hearing date (days 1–9) will be denied unless the petitioner was not timely served. The presiding judge will make the final determination after reviewing the request.

WARNINGCivil cases

The 10-day submission deadline has an exception when the petitioner states in the request that they received hearing notice fewer than 10 days before the hearing.

The only exception is when the petitioner states in the remote hearing request that they were served with notice of the hearing fewer than ten (10) days before the hearing date.