Virginia Counties Phone Directory
Browse the Virginia phone directory for each county on this list. Every county has its own clerk, FOIA officer, and set of public phone lines. Pick a county to find the right office to call for your search. The phone directory works for court records, vital records, and town hall lookups alike.
How the County Phone Directory Works
Virginia is split into 95 counties and 38 independent cities. Each county runs its own circuit court clerk office. The clerk holds land records, marriage records, and civil case files. The clerk also has a phone line for the public. That line is the first stop in the Virginia phone directory for any county lookup. Local FOIA officers sit inside the county admin office. Their job is to take your records request and route it to the right team. Under Va. Code § 2.2-3704.2, the FOIA officer must be named and posted by each public body in the county.
The ten counties on this page sit across the state. Some are large and busy, like Fairfax in the north. Others are small and quiet, like York in the east. Each one has its own pace and its own staff. The Virginia phone directory for each county pulls from the same core sources: the clerk site, the county FOIA page, and the state court list at vacourts.gov. Use the local page for the office you need.
Note: A county phone directory may list only main lines. Ask the front desk for a direct extension if you need a specific staffer.
Find Your Virginia County
Pick a county from the list to open its phone directory page. Each county page has clerk hours, the FOIA officer contact, and links to the local court tools.
What Each County Page Holds
Each county page in the Virginia phone directory has the same core blocks. You will find the clerk address and phone first. Then the FOIA officer name and line. Then a short list of other public offices in the county, like the sheriff records unit, the registrar, and the building department. Each block links out to the source. The goal is to keep the page short and useful. You should be able to scan a county page in under a minute and walk away with a number to call.
The Virginia phone directory leans on the state FOIA law for the framework. The base rule is at Va. Code § 2.2-3700. It says the affairs of the public body are open by default. That means the phone lines listed here are not a favor. They are a right under state law. If a county office will not give you a number for a FOIA officer, that itself may be a violation. The fine rules sit at Va. Code § 2.2-3714.
Note: Some county phone lines roll to voicemail at lunch. Try mid morning or mid afternoon for the best chance to reach a live staffer.