Not a government office or records custodian. Richmond Residents Directory cannot retrieve, certify, correct, or remove an official record. Send those requests to the custodian. For an emergency, call 911. If someone is stalking or harassing you, contact local law enforcement.
Reach the Right Richmond Office
Use the office that holds the record. For a City of Richmond public-records request, the City FOIA portal or the department-specific contact is the right starting route. Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act is codified at Va. Code §§2.2-3700 et seq., including the request provisions in §2.2-3704. Describe the record with reasonable specificity and ask the custodian about electronic delivery, exemptions, redactions, and current charges.
Richmond Circuit Court Clerk
John Marshall Courts Building
400 N 9th Street
Richmond, VA
804-646-6505
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Use for deeds, plats, wills, estates, marriage licenses, and recorded instruments. Recording hours are generally 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
City Assessor
900 E Broad Street, Room 802
Richmond, VA
804-646-7500
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Use for parcel identifiers, assessment context, primary property address, and current official-linked property-search routing.
Planning and Development Review
900 E Broad Street, Room 511
Richmond, VA
804-646-6304
Use for Parcel Mapper, zoning and planning information, permitting context, and land-use routing.
The Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal is for an individual checking that person’s own status. Historic directory and neighborhood material is generally better routed through the Richmond Room, Library of Virginia, or other named repository rather than a general records request.