Virginia People Search: A Statewide Criminal and Traffic Case Search, a Locator That Includes Probationers, and a Record Check That Needs the Subject's Notarized Signature

Written by SearchSystems.net from Virginia's own systems: the Virginia Judicial System, the Virginia Department of Corrections, the Virginia State Police, the Virginia Department of Health Professions, the Virginia Department of Elections, the Office of the Attorney General, the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, each read on October 13, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.

The courts: a statewide search and searches by locality

The Virginia Judicial System's Case Status and Information page lays out its searches. The Online Case Information System runs a statewide search of adult criminal case information in the juvenile and domestic relations district courts and criminal and traffic case information in the general district courts and select circuit courts, with no payments through it. Circuit Court Case Information gives civil and criminal cases in select circuit courts, searched by locality using a name, case number or hearing date; General District Court Case Information gives civil, criminal and traffic cases in every general district court, searched the same way, with online payment; and the juvenile and domestic relations district courts offer case information for payments. The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals are searched by name or case number. Secure Remote Access opens circuit court land records, deeds, marriage licenses, judgments and wills under Virginia Code section 17.1-292, for select courts after registration with the local circuit court clerk, and a subscription called Virginia Date of Birth Confirmation lets organizations with an SCC ID confirm a person's birth date against criminal and traffic cases. The statewide system itself gave no text to an automated reader, so its disclaimer is on the application.

The Inmate and Supervisee Locator

The Virginia Department of Corrections' Inmate and Supervisee Locator gives public access to information about everyone under the department's supervision or custody: incarcerated individuals in VADOC institutions, probationers and parolees supervised by district offices, individuals in institutional hospitals, people housed in local or regional jails under VADOC authority, and participants in the Community Corrections Alternative Program. The inclusion of probationers and parolees makes it broader than a prison roster; the search fields are on the locator itself.

The registry, and the republication rule

The Virginia State Police's Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry, provided under Chapter 9 of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia, includes a Public Notification Database built on the General Assembly's decision to make information about people convicted of specified offenses publicly available. The State Police have assessed no individual's risk and made no determination that anyone listed is currently dangerous. Using the registry or its supplement under section 9.1-923 for unauthorized purposes, or to intimidate or harass, is prohibited and a willful violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor, but the registry notes that, absent aggravating circumstances, the mere republication or reasonable distribution of material from the public database is not deemed intimidation or harassment. The search is by area from the site's own link.

The SP-167 record check: the subject signs

The Virginia State Police's Virginia Criminal History Record Check page answers the citizen's question directly: to run a Virginia criminal record background check on someone, a form SP-167 must be completed, and each individual must sign and have the signature notarized. Anyone may use the form, but section 1 is signed and notarized by the applicant, the person whose record is being checked, and if the results go to another person or agency that recipient signs and notarizes section 2 as well; the police's FAQ refers to $15 and $20 background checks. There is no expedited or same day service, turnaround is about 15 business days after the mail arrives at the Civil and Applicant Records Exchange, 7700 Midlothian Turnpike, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23235, where Richmond area requesters may drop forms off with two forms of ID and exact payment. Form SP-230, without notarization, serves listed employers such as child care centers, assisted living facilities and adoption agencies with Virginia conviction data only, and fingerprint based checks for statutorily entitled agencies cost $13.75 for the state search and $13.25 for the FBI, $27.00 in all. Juvenile records are not disseminated except as section 19.2-389.1 allows.

Health licenses, current to the hour

The Department of Health Professions' License Lookup stated it was current as of 10/13/2026 21:57 when read, and it searches by license number, by the last four digits of a Social Security number with a last name, or by occupation, business or person name, state, ZIP code and status in any combination. The database holds current licensees and those whose license has expired since January 1, 2000, with a Current Licensees status filter for the former alone. The department calls it primary source verification meeting Joint Commission requirements, offers it free to individuals, agencies and employers, and bars commercial use: businesses needing bulk data must subscribe to its data services, and repeated verifications without a subscription hit a limit and an error.

The Clerk's Information System, the Citizen Portal and the Office of Vital Records

The State Corporation Commission's Clerk's Information System entity search presented a cookie consent page to an automated reader, so its fields are on the system; it is the Commonwealth's official business entity search, and the courts' date of birth confirmation subscription requires an SCC ID from it. The Department of Elections' Citizen Portal lets a voter log on to their own record to update a registration, apply to vote absentee and see their polling place, districts, absentee ballot status and voting history, so it serves the voter rather than a searcher. The Department of Health's Office of Vital Records page gave its heading and a new parent resource guide, so its ordering terms are on its own pages; marriage licenses, judgments and wills also appear among the circuit court land records the courts describe.

Virginia Money Search, the ACP and the FOIA Advisory Council

Virginia Money Search, the Treasury's unclaimed property site, answered with its title only. The Office of the Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program, under Virginia Code section 2.2-515.2, is a free statewide first class mail forwarding service for survivors of domestic violence, stalking, sexual violence, child abduction and human trafficking who have recently relocated to a place unknown to their abuser; certified participants and enrolled household members receive an authorization card and use a substitute address, which state and local agencies must accept but private businesses and federal agencies need not, with certification good for three years and the real address known only to program staff and law enforcement. The program is not retroactive, applications come through local domestic or sexual violence programs, and questions go to 804-482-2280.

The Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, at the General Assembly Building, 201 North 9th Street, Richmond, 804-698-1810, publishes searchable advisory opinions, forms and sample letters, a 2026 legislative update, a 2026 list of FOIA exemptions of general applicability, FOIA officers by agency and training courses, and answers questions at foiacouncil@dls.virginia.gov.

Virginia: statewide case search, SP-167 with a signature

Virginia's courts answer the case question statewide for criminal and traffic matters and by locality for the rest, the locator answers custody and supervision together, and the registry answers registration. A formal record check requires the subject's notarized signature, so the court searches are the public's view of a Virginian's criminal history. The DHP lookup and the SCC system settle livelihood, and deeds, wills and marriage licenses sit with the circuit court clerks, reachable through Secure Remote Access after registration or at the clerk's office, with the clerks and property offices listed on the Virginia county and city pages at SearchSystems.

Paid people search reports on Virginians are built from these court and locality records and cannot include a State Police check the subject has not signed for; the case searches are free and are where a report's claims are checked.

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