Search Arlington County People Records
An Arlington County people search runs through the Circuit Court Clerk's Office at 1425 N. Courthouse Road. The clerk handles court files, marriage licenses, and land records. Arlington also runs a FOIA portal through the county administrator's office. This page lists the lookup tools, clerk contacts, and FOIA process for a people search in Arlington.
Arlington County Overview
Arlington Circuit Court People Search
Arlington Circuit Court is the 17th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. Clerk Paul F. Ferguson runs the office. The Arlington Circuit Court page lists hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and phone (703-228-7010). The court has jurisdiction over every type of criminal case but mostly handles serious felonies. It also hears divorces, adoptions, estates, and land use disputes.
The state page lists the clerk, judges, and court schedule.
Requests for circuit court documents can be emailed to CCT-DocRequest@arlingtonva.us. Copies of civil court records cost 50 cents per page. Certified copies are $2 per page. The Clerk's Office is at 1425 North Courthouse Road, Suite 6700, Arlington, VA 22201.
For general district court, the Arlington GDC page has the case information system and clerk contact. Clerk Brian P. Henshaw runs the GDC office. Phone: 703-228-7900. Address: 1425 North Courthouse Road, Suite 2400. Court runs at 9 a.m. Fridays for traffic cases and 10 a.m. other days for ACPD cases.
The GDC page lists the court schedule and the types of cases the court handles.
Arlington Land Records Search
Arlington's land records system runs at arlington.va.publicsearch.us. Registered users get free access to search and view the index. Downloads cost 50 cents per page plus a $2 fee per order. A paid subscription gives full access to document images and index data.
The portal is the main tool for title examiners and attorneys searching Arlington deeds.
Land Records can be contacted at 703-228-4369. Real property transactions in the City of Falls Church are recorded with Arlington Circuit Court since 1988. That rule helps when you're tracing a Falls Church property title.
For a third-party walk-through of court records rules, see virginiacourtrecords.us/arlington. It covers Virginia Code § 17.1-208 and the kinds of cases the clerk holds.
The page explains what records are public and which are confidential in Arlington.
Arlington Property and FOIA
Property records and assessment data are handled by the Department of Real Estate Assessments at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 611. Phone: 703-228-3920.
The property records page links the parcel search tool and the deed lookup.
For Arlington FOIA, the officer is at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 302, phone 703-228-3130, hours Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Arlington public records site covers the types of records held and how to submit a FOIA request. Under Virginia Code § 2.2-3704, Arlington has five working days to respond.
The site lists every type of record kept by the county, including court, property, vital, and police files.
Law enforcement records follow § 2.2-3706. The Arlington Police Department is at 1425 N. Courthouse Road, phone 703-228-4171. The Sheriff's Office runs the inmate in custody search system from Suite 9100 at the same address, phone 703-228-4460.
Note: Arlington's marriage license applications are by appointment only, so use the county's digital pre-application tool before visiting the clerk's office.
Cities Near Arlington
Arlington borders the City of Alexandria and the City of Falls Church.
Nearby Counties
Statewide People Search Tools
Arlington County residents can use the statewide tools to round out a people search. The Virginia Judiciary Online Case Information System lets you search court cases in circuit courts and general district courts across the Commonwealth. The tool runs free and pulls real-time data from the Supreme Court Case Management System.
For business ownership info, the Virginia State Corporation Commission Clerk's Information System shows registered agents, officers, and entity data. It helps when the person you're looking up runs a business in Virginia. The Virginia Department of Health Professions license lookup confirms whether a person holds a professional license issued by any of the state boards.
Vital records go through the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records. Under Chapter 7 of Title 32.1, birth records are closed for 100 years. Death records close for 25 years. Marriage and divorce records become public 25 years after the event. Close family members can get copies sooner.
For FOIA guidance across any Virginia public body, the Virginia FOIA Advisory Council helps at no cost. Staff attorneys answer public questions about what records can be released and what can be withheld. This is a strong fallback when a local FOIA request gets denied.