This Is Not a Government Office. This private resource cannot retrieve an official history, perform a government background check, correct or remove a record, or receive an expungement filing. Contact the responsible public office for each of those services.
Need an Official Record?
Match the request to the Lancaster County office or Virginia system that holds the source:
- Court case documents: contact the clerk for the court that heard the matter or consult the criminal court case records route
- State repository information: use Virginia State Police, Criminal Justice Information Services Division
- Arrest, booking, and local custody files: reach Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
- Consent-based Virginia name searches: follow the VSP CATS Public and SP-167 process
- Incident and police reports: ask the sheriff, town police, or state agency whose officer created the report
- Local sealing or expungement filings: contact Lancaster Circuit Court when it is the court for the qualifying matter
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and Lancaster County Jail operate at 8293 Mary Ball Road, Lancaster, VA 22503. Call 804-462-5111. Marty Shirilla is the designated FOIA officer and receives email at shirilla@lancastersheriff.net. Lancaster permits requests by telephone, email, U.S. mail, fax, or at the counter. Verify the fax number before sending because the county FOIA page and the rebuilt sheriff site publish different numbers.
Lancaster Circuit Court uses 8265 Mary Ball Road for visits, but Circuit Court mail must go to P.O. Box 99, Lancaster, VA 22503. Its telephone number is 804-462-5611, and published hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. General District Court shares the street address, receives mail at P.O. Box 129, answers 804-462-0012, and lists 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. hours. J&DR Court receives mail at P.O. Box 70, answers 804-462-7250, and lists 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. hours.