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Code § 17.1-208 provides that, with certain exceptions, any records or papers of any circuit court that are maintained by the clerk of the circuit court “shall be open to inspection by any person.” The Supreme Court of Virginia has interpreted this provision to create “a statutory presumption of openness to the public.
To begin your search for a case, select the general district court from the drop-down menu to the left. You can search for cases using the plaintiff or defendant's name, the case number, or the hearing date. Use the links below the court drop-down menu to select the search method.
Requests By Mail - Please contact the Civil Records Division at 703-691-7320 (press 3,1,4) or by email: ccrfilereview@fairfaxcounty to confirm the availability of the record and to get information on how to request copies. Requests In Person - Office hours are a.m. - p.m. Monday through Friday.
Pursuant to the Code of Virginia, §16.1- 69.55, the Fairfax County General District Court currently retains case records for a period of ten years from the date of judgment or conviction. (Note: criminal sexual offense convictions must now be retained for a period of 50 years from the date of conviction.)
How Do I Collect on a Judgment: The Debt Collection Process in... Locate the debtor's assets (as many as possible) Attach the judgment to the assets by placing a lien on the assets (called a “judgment lien”) Obtain the assets to satisfy the judgment (the process of liquidation or foreclosure).
If looking for a transcript from a California case, search " California Court Records". Try "California Case Index" instead of "court records".
All judgments and court records are filed in the County Clerk Office in the County where the lawsuit was filed. You can go in person to the County Clerk Office in the County where you live to ask if a judgment has been entered against you. Most counties also allow you to search online.
You can look at your credit report at .annualcreditreport or you can go to the local clerk for the courts and search the county database. If there are judgments in other jurisdictions you would have to look there as well.
The docketing may be done by copying the wording of the judgment order verbatim or by abstracting the information therefrom into a book or into fixed fields of an electronic data storage system.
A judgment docket is a book kept by a court clerk to record judgments and give official notice of existing judgment liens to interested parties.