Virginia Cities Phone Directory
The Virginia phone directory covers cities and towns across the Commonwealth. Each one has its own clerk, FOIA officer, and town hall lines. Use the list below to find the city you need and open its phone directory page.
Why Cities Have Their Own Phone Directory
Virginia is one of the few states with independent cities. An independent city is not part of any county. It runs its own court, its own clerk, and its own records office. Richmond is the most well known case. Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Chesapeake all sit in the same group. The Virginia phone directory treats each one as its own unit. The list on this page also has towns inside counties, like Vienna and Leesburg. Towns share court services with the county but still keep their own town hall lines.
Each city follows the same FOIA rules as the rest of the state. The base law is at Va. Code § 2.2-3700. The five day clock and the FOIA officer rule both apply. The local FOIA officer must be named and posted. The Virginia phone directory pulls those names into one place so you do not have to dig.
Note: A city phone line may have a separate vital records desk for in city births and deaths. Ask the front desk to point the way.
Browse Virginia Cities
Pick a city from the list to open its phone directory page. Each city page has the clerk address, the FOIA officer line, and links to the local court tools.
- Alexandria
- Ashland
- Berryville
- Blacksburg
- Bridgewater
- Bristol
- Buena Vista
- Charlottesville
- Chesapeake
- Christiansburg
- Colonial Heights
- Covington
- Culpeper
- Danville
- Emporia
- Fairfax
- Falls Church
- Franklin
- Fredericksburg
- Front Royal
- Galax
- Hampton
- Harrisonburg
- Herndon
- Hopewell
- Leesburg
- Lexington
- Luray
- Lynchburg
- Manassas
- Manassas Park
- Martinsville
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Norton
- Petersburg
- Poquoson
- Portsmouth
- Purcellville
- Radford
- Richmond
- Roanoke
- Salem
- Smithfield
- Staunton
- Suffolk
- Vienna
- Virginia Beach
- Warrenton
- Waynesboro
- Williamsburg
- Winchester
- Woodstock
What Each City Page Holds
Each city page in the Virginia phone directory has a short, fixed format. You will see the city clerk line first. Then the FOIA officer name and direct phone. Then a list of other key offices in the city, like the police records desk, the building office, and the registrar. Each entry links to the official source. The court info points to the right circuit and district court for the city. For independent cities, that is often a court inside the city itself. For smaller towns, the county court handles the case. The state court hub at vacourts.gov has the full map.
The Virginia phone directory leans on the same FOIA framework no matter the size of the city. The five day rule applies. The fee rule applies. The fine rule for bad acts also applies. See Va. Code § 2.2-3704 for the procedure rule and Va. Code § 2.2-3714 for the penalty rule. The Virginia phone directory is the doorway. The law is what makes the door open.
Note: Cities sometimes share a police records system with their county. If the city desk cannot help, ask for the county sheriff records line.