Circuit Court Alert:
Due to the sheer volume, Circuit Court records are available for review at three different locations. These locations include the Fairfax County Courthouse, Offsite Records Center and the Historic Records Center.
Want to request to review a file? Try our Online File Review Request Form.
View Circuit Court's docket online
Due to their sensitive nature, all adoption files are sealed and, in addition, all inactive adoption files will require a court order for access.
More current Criminal files are available for review at the Fairfax County Courthouse in the Criminal Division on the fourth floor in Suite 409. See our Criminal page for information about how to request copies.
If you need a recent Probate file and/or copies of a Probate file, please contact the Probate Department at (703) 246-4153. If you need an older Probate document from 1742 to the early 1900s, please contact the Historic Records Center.
All Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court appeals and all "Sealed" files can only be viewed by the parties involved and/or their attorneys of record. There may be even further restrictions imposed by the court order that sealed the record. To view these files, a photo ID is required and checked against the sealing order.
The fee for copies is $0.50 per page. If you need your copy to be certified (signed and sealed by a deputy clerk) there is an additional fee of $2.00 per document. If you need a triple seal copy (signed and sealed by the Clerk of Court and a Judge), there is an additional fee of $2.50 per document.
Older Civil Law, Chancery, Fiduciary and Criminal files are housed the Offsite Records Center in Merrifield.
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – Monday through Friday
Contact Us: (703) 246-6656
Location: 2730 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 100, Merrifield, VA 22031
Requests to view files can be made using the online File Review Request Form.