Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, with about 7,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the town and the county. The town keeps council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Ashland offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 town office pages for Ashland, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Town or county, Town Hall, Records requests and Questions.
Town or county record: where Ashland records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Ashland: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Hanover County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not town records; they are in the Hanover County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Ashland Town Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the town's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The town's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: town.ashland.va.us (page title: Ashland, VA)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Ashland
Virginia public records law applies to the town government of Ashland. The town runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: town.ashland.va.us/DocumentCenter/View/262/FOIA-Form?bidId= (page title: ASHLAND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION RECORDS REQUEST FORM)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Ashland Arrest Records
The Ashland arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Ashland's arrests to the FBI and the 215 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Ashland is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Ashland Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Ashland, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Ashland warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Ashland inmate search (the jail page of the Hanover County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Ashland criminal records (the court file, the Virginia criminal history and the local arrest records), Ashland court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Ashland traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Ashland DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Ashland divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Ashland property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Ashland website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Ashland offices listed above, and the town's own website is town.ashland.va.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Ashland?
Ashland cases are heard by the courts that serve Hanover County, and people arrested in Ashland are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Hanover County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Ashland?
Through the town's records request page at town.ashland.va.us. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.