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    Chesterfield VA Circuit Court

    Clerk

    Hon. Wendy Hughes

    Phone/Fax

    Phone: (804) 748-1241
    Fax: (804) 796-5625

    Clerk’s Office Hours

    8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Address

    P. O. Box 125
    9500 Courthouse Road, 2nd Floor
    Chesterfield, VA 23832-0125

    P.O. Box 57 (Judges)

    Judges

    • Hon. Edward A. Robbins Jr., Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
    • Hon. Lynn S. Brice, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. David E. Johnson, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Steven C. McCallum, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Frederick G. Rockwell III, Presiding Judge

    Terms of Court and General Information

    • Criminal and Civil Terms begin Tuesday following 3rd Monday in Jan., 3rd Monday in March, May, July, Sept. & Nov.
    • Grand Juries, 1st day of Criminal Term at 9:00 a.m.
    • Criminal dockets generally convene at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
    • Criminal docket call held every term day morning.
    • Criminal appeals generally scheduled the 1st and 3rd Tuesday and every Friday.
    • Criminal cases set through Commonwealth Attorney on designated days.
    • Civil docket call is held on designated afternoons (2PM J&DR, 2:30 GDC) on the “duty” docket for the presiding judge’s assigned cases.
    • Civil trials and most hearings are set with Judges’ legal assistants.
    • Civil appeals will be scheduled for the presiding Judge’s duty docket call.
    • The pre-setting of all cases is strongly encouraged.

    For detailed information concerning filing procedures, fees and general information about most transactions handled by the Clerk’s Office and/or Court, please visit the Circuit Court Clerk’s website.

    Chesterfield General District Court

    Clerk

    Mrs Linda Josette McCollum-Moore

    Phone/Fax

    Phone: (804) 748-1231
    Fax: (804) 748-1757

    Clerk’s Office Hours

    8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Address

    P. O. Box 144
    Chesterfield Courthouse
    9500 Courthouse Road
    Chesterfield, VA 23832-0144

    Judges

    • Hon. Matthew Donald Nelson, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
    • Hon. Keith Nelson Hurley, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. James J. O’Connell III, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Thomas L. Vaughn, Presiding Judge

    Court Schedule

    Protective Order Hearings
       10:45 a.m., Mon. - Fri.
    Arraignments
       10:30 a.m., Mon. - Fri., Bonded (Pre-Trials)
       11:00 a.m., Mon. - Fri., Lock-up (Pre-Trials)
    Traffic
       8:30 a.m., Mon. - Fri.
       1:00 p.m., Mon. - Thurs.
       2:00 p.m., Mon. - Thurs.
    Criminal
       8:30 a.m., Mon. - Fri.
       10:00 a.m., Mon. - Thurs.
       1:00 p.m., Mon. - Thurs.
    
    Civil
       Monday
       8:30 a.m., Garnishments
       9:00 a.m., Attorney Interrogatories & Attorney Docket
       10:00 a.m., General Interrogatories & General Docket
       10:30 a.m., Motions Docket
       1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m., Contested Civil Trials
       Tuesday
       8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m., Contested Civil Trials
       12:30 p.m., Garnishments
       1:00 p.m., Interrogatories & Attorney Docket
       2:30 p.m., Motion Docket
       Wednesday
       8:30 a.m., Garnishments
       9:00 a.m., Attorney Docket & Interragatories
       10:30 a.m., Motions
       1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m., Contested Civil Trials
       Thursday
       8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m., Contested Civil Trials
       8:30 a.m., Garnishments
       9:00 a.m., Attorney Interrogatories & Attorney Docket
       10:00 a.m., Motions
       10:30 a.m., Motions Docket
       1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m., Contested Civil Trials
       Friday (1st through 4th Fridays only)
       8:30 a.m., General Civil Docket
       10:30 a.m., Small Claims
       1:00 p.m., Contested Lengthy Civil Cases : to be set by Court 
       only
    

    Continuance Policy

    Continuances granted by Judge. Civil Trial Continuances: -Trials more than 3 weeks away, please contact Clerk’s Office for a continuance. -Trials less than 3 weeks away- continuances are granted by motion and order only.

    Chesterfield Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

    Clerk

    Ms Laura Gardner Griffin
    email: lgriffin@vacourts.gov

    Phone/Fax

    Phone: (804) 748-1379
    Fax: (804) 717-6043

    Clerk’s Office Hours

    8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
    Open to public 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    Address

    7000 Lucy Corr Boulevard
    Chesterfield, VA 23832-0008

    Judges

    • Hon. Vanessa L Jones, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
    • Hon. Duane Gregory Carr, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Scott David Landry, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. M. Duncan Minton Jr., Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Jayne Ann Pemberton, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. J. David Rigler, Presiding Judge

    Court Schedule

    Juvenile Traffic
       Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m.
    Civil
       Mon., Wed., & Fri., 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m & 12:00 p.m.
    Adult Criminal
       Tues. & Thurs, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m. & 12 noon
    Delinquency
       Tues. & Thurs., 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m.,
         & 11:30 a.m. (for those detained)
    Lengthy cases set by the Court.
    Pre-trial for Adult Defendants
       Mon. - Fri., 9:00 a.m. (for those bonded)
       Mon. - Fri., 11:30 a.m. (for those in lock-up)
    Pre-trial for Juveniles
         Mon - Fri. 8:30 a.m.
    Detentions
       Mon. - Fri., 10:00 a.m.
    DCSE
       Mon & Wed., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.,
         1:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.
    DSS
       Mon., Wed., 12:00 p.m.
    5-day Preliminary Hearings
       Mon.-Fri., 10:30 a.m.
    

    Continuance Policy

    For continuance policy and related form, please see www.chesterfield.gov/jdrcourt for more information, or contact the Clerk’s Office.

    11/3/2015 | Updated 3/27/2024