Isle of Wight County
The Isle of Wight County 5th Judicial General District Court handles preliminary hearings for felonies, traffic violations, felonies, and municipal code violations. It has exclusive jurisdiction over civil matters with claims under $4,500 and shares jurisdiction with the Circuit Court over civil cases for any claims between $4,500 and $25,000. Most cases concerning domestic relations, any juvenile hearings as well as select criminal hearings that include child or family harm fall under the jurisdiction of the Isle of Wight County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.
In Isle of Wight County, public court records are documents and files created within the county courts and available for public inspection. Writs, depositions, court schedules, motions, court transcripts, court filings, docket listings, judgments, warrants, and orders are all considered public court records in the county, provided they are not sealed by law or court orders. The clerks of the General District Court and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court are in charge of keeping their respective records, while the Isle of Wight Clerk of the Circuit Court is in charge of the Circuit Court's records.
Unless sealed by court order, the public in Isle of Wight County has access to the following kinds of court records:
- Criminal Records
- Civil Records
- Family Law Records
- Probate Records
- Traffic Records
Non-confidential court records are available for public viewing at the different court clerks' offices. Record seekers can also search the Virginia Courts Case Information (Circuit) portal for public court records from the Isle of Wight County 5th Judicial Circuit Court. Similarly, they can use the General District Court Online Case Information System platform to search for public court records from the Isle of Wight County 5th Judicial General District Court.
