Albemarle County, Virginia public records

In Albemarle County, deeds are recorded by the Circuit Court Clerk; property values come from the County Assessor; court files are split between the Circuit Court Clerk's Office and the Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

Last checked against official sources on November 8, 2026.

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Where to get each record
Deeds and land records
Property values, owners and tax bills
Court records: which clerk keeps which case
Marriage records
Divorce records
Birth certificates
Probate records and wills
Business names (DBA)
Voter records
Historical records
Good to know about Albemarle County records
Office addresses, phones and hours
Records that are not online: public records requests
Official copies vs look-alike sites
Sources

Where to get each record

Record	Office	Search online	Fee
Deeds and land records	Circuit Court Clerk's Office³	—	$0.50 per page (or per image for electronic records)²
Property values and owners	County Assessor's Office⁴	—	—
Property tax bills	Office of Revenue Administration⁵	Tax bill search⁴	—
Court cases	Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Criminal Division⁶ Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court⁷	Albemarle Circuit Court⁶ Albemarle General District Court⁸	$0.50 per page (or per image for electronic records)²
Marriage records	Circuit Court Clerk's Office³	—	State fee: $15 per certified copy or search (no refund if not found)⁹
Divorce records	Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Civil Division⁶	—	State fee: $15 per certified copy or search (no refund if not found)⁹
Birth certificates	Statewide: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records (State Registrar), Richmond¹⁰	—	$15 per certified copy or search (no refund if not found)⁹
Death certificates	Statewide: VDH Office of Vital Records (also local health departments and DMV)¹¹	—	—
Probate and wills	Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Probate Division¹²	—	—
Business names (DBA)	Circuit Court Clerk's Office³	—	—

Deeds and land records

Deeds, mortgages and other land documents for property in Albemarle County are recorded by the Circuit Court Clerk's Office.³

Copy fee: $0.50 per page (or per image for electronic records)²
Certified copy fee: $2 for the clerk's seal and certificate (plus $0.50/page copy fee); +$0.50 if judge's certificate requested²
How to order: Ask the Land Records Division by phone at 434-972-4083³
Alert: VA Deed Alert, free statewide service¹³

How deeds work in Virginia

Property values, owners and tax bills

The County Assessor's Office sets property values⁴; the Office of Revenue Administration (Finance and Budget) bills and collects the tax⁵.

Tax bill search: albemarlecountytaxes.org/taxes⁴
Parcel map (GIS): albemarle.org/…¹⁴

How property tax works in Virginia

Court records: which clerk keeps which case

Court	Cases	Records kept by	Case search
Albemarle Circuit Court (16th Judicial Circuit)	Unified state court system administered by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia: circuit courts (all felonies; exclusive jurisdiction over almost all civil claims > $50,000; concurrent with general district courts for claims over $4,500 up to $50,000; divorce, wills/estates, real property), general district courts (misdemeanors, traffic, smaller civil), juvenile & domestic relations district courts¹⁵	Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Criminal Division	eapps.courts.state.va.us/ocis/landing⁶
Albemarle General District Court	Unified state court system administered by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia: circuit courts (all felonies; exclusive jurisdiction over almost all civil claims > $50,000; concurrent with general district courts for claims over $4,500 up to $50,000; divorce, wills/estates, real property), general district courts (misdemeanors, traffic, smaller civil), juvenile & domestic relations district courts¹⁵	—	vacourts.gov/caseinfo/home⁸
Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court	Unified state court system administered by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia: circuit courts (all felonies; exclusive jurisdiction over almost all civil claims > $50,000; concurrent with general district courts for claims over $4,500 up to $50,000; divorce, wills/estates, real property), general district courts (misdemeanors, traffic, smaller civil), juvenile & domestic relations district courts¹⁵	Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court	—

Fees: $0.50 per page (or per image for electronic records)²

Criminal records and background checks

Expungement: Clerk page offers a Petition for Expungement form¹⁶

How Virginia courts keep their files

Marriage records

Kept by the Circuit Court Clerk's Office.³

Application: albemarlemarriage.org¹⁷
State: License issued and recorded by the Clerk of the Circuit Court; record filed with the VDH Office of Vital Records (state copies 1853-present)¹⁸
State fee: $15 per certified copy or search (no refund if not found)⁹

Virginia marriage records, statewide

Divorce records

Kept by the Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Civil Division.⁶

State: Circuit court clerk holds the divorce case file and final decree; VDH Office of Vital Records issues certified divorce certificates (1918-present)¹⁸
State fee: $15 per certified copy or search (no refund if not found)⁹

Virginia divorce records: decree or state record

Birth certificates

Where Virginia keeps it: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records (State Registrar), Richmond.¹⁰

State: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records (State Registrar), Richmond; also issued at local health departments and DMV customer service centers¹⁹
Fee: $15 per certified copy or search (no refund if not found)⁹

Ordering a Virginia birth certificate

Probate records and wills

Kept by the Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Probate Division.¹²

State role: Clerk of the Circuit Court (probate is handled by the clerk; disputes by the circuit court)²⁰
Fees: Qualifying a fiduciary: $20 (estate ≤ $50,000), $25 (≤ $100,000), $30 (> $100,000), none for estates ≤ $5,000, plus recording fees; lodging a will for safekeeping $5²
Guide: Clerk page offers a guide to decedents' estates¹²
Appointment: Probate of a will, and guardianship or conservatorship, by appointment only¹²

Finding a will or probate case in Virginia

Business names (DBA)

Kept by the Circuit Court Clerk's Office.³

Form: Certificate of Assumed or Fictitious Name form on the clerk page¹⁶

Voter records

Kept by the Voter Registration & Elections Office.²¹

State lookup: vote.elections.virginia.gov/…²²

Historical records

Microfilm: Library of Virginia holds Albemarle County microfilm²³
Formed: Formed 1744 from Goochland County²³

Good to know about Albemarle County records

Most order books and many loose papers from 1748 to 1781 were destroyed by the British in 1781²³
County systems were hit by a ransomware attack discovered June 11, 2025, which exposed personal and protected health information²⁴

Office addresses, phones and hours

Circuit Court Clerk's Office

Address: Albemarle County Courthouse, Court Square, 350 Park Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5113⁶
Phone: (434) 972-4083⁶
Email: [email protected]¹⁶
Hours: 8:00AM - 4:00PM⁶
Website: albemarle.org/…³

Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Criminal Division

Address: 350 Park Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5113⁶
Phone: (434) 972-4085⁶
Hours: 8:00AM - 4:00PM⁶
Website: albemarle.org/…⁶

Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Civil Division

Address: 350 Park Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5113⁶
Phone: (434) 972-4086⁶
Hours: 8:00AM - 4:00PM⁶
Website: albemarle.org/…⁶

Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Probate Division

Address: 350 Park Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5113⁶
Phone: (434) 972-4083⁶
Hours: 8:00AM - 4:00PM⁶
Website: albemarle.org/…¹²

Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

Address: 411 E. High Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5119⁷
Phone: (434) 979-7165⁷
Hours: 8:00AM - 4:00PM⁷
Website: vacourts.gov/courts/jdr/albemarle/home⁷

County Assessor's Office

Address: 401 McIntire Road, second floor, Room 243, Charlottesville, VA⁴
Phone: 434-296-5856⁴
Email: [email protected]⁴
Website: albemarle.org/…⁴

Office of Revenue Administration (Finance and Budget)

Address: 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA⁴
Phone: 434-296-5851⁵
Email: [email protected]⁵
Website: albemarle.org/government/finance/pay-taxes⁵

Voter Registration & Elections Office

Address: County Office Building, 1600 5th Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902²¹
Mail: Voter Registrations and Elections, 1600 5th Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902²¹
Phone: 434-972-4173²¹
Email: [email protected]²¹
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm²¹
Website: albemarle.org/government/elections²¹

Geographic Information System (GIS) & Mapping

Address: Information Technology, 401 McIntire Road, North Wing, Charlottesville, VA 22902¹⁴
Phone: 434-296-5814¹⁴
Email: [email protected]¹⁴
Website: albemarle.org/…¹⁴

Records that are not online: public records requests

Request page: albemarle.org/…²⁵
Where to send it: County FOIA Officer, 434-972-4067 ext. 7930²⁵

How to write a public records request

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Albemarle County office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

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Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

Government Units List 2026US Census Bureauchecked November 4, 2026
Code of Virginia § 17.1-275. Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generallyVirginia General Assembly (Legislative Information System)checked November 8, 2026
Circuit Court Clerk, Land RecordsAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
Real Estate (Finance and Budget)Albemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
Pay TaxesAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
Albemarle Circuit CourtVirginia Judicial Systemchecked November 8, 2026
Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations District CourtVirginia Judicial Systemchecked November 8, 2026
Albemarle General District CourtVirginia Judicial Systemchecked November 8, 2026
Online Application for a Vital RecordVirginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Recordschecked November 8, 2026
Vital Record Walk-In LocationsVirginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
Vital Records Frequently Asked QuestionsVirginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
Circuit Court Clerk, Probate DivisionAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
Online ServicesVirginia Judicial Systemchecked November 8, 2026
Geographic Information System (GIS) & MappingAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
The Circuit Court (Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet)Supreme Court of Virginia, Office of the Executive Secretarychecked November 8, 2026
Circuit Court Clerk's OfficeAlbemarle County, VAchecked November 8, 2026
Albemarle Online Marriage License ApplicationAlbemarle Circuit Court Clerk (vendor site linked by the county)checked November 8, 2026
Vital Records Frequently Asked QuestionsVirginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Recordschecked November 8, 2026
Vital Record Walk-In LocationsVirginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Recordschecked November 8, 2026
Code of Virginia § 64.2-444. Clerks may probate willsVirginia General Assembly (Legislative Information System)checked November 8, 2026
ElectionsAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
Local Voter Registration Office lookupVirginia Department of Electionschecked November 8, 2026
Albemarle County MicrofilmLibrary of Virginiachecked November 8, 2026
Cybersecurity Incident Information and ResourcesAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
Freedom of Information ActAlbemarle Countychecked November 8, 2026
County population totals: Vintage 2025 (July 1, 2025)US Census Bureauchecked November 4, 2026