Clerk of the Circuit Court

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is a Constitutional Officer elected every eight years. The Campbell County Clerk of the Circuit Court is Valerie P. Younger.

The Clerk’s Office is responsible for recording the following items: 

  • Deeds
  • Deeds of trust
  • Mechanics liens
  • Plats
  • Other miscellaneous instruments on the land record books

The Clerk’s Office also assists in the docketing of judgments and the filing of financial statements under the Uniform Commercial Code.

The Clerk’s Office files and processes all law and chancery suits including the following:

  • Motor vehicle accidents
  • Divorces
  • Injunctions
  • Land partitions
  • Appeals from the General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts
  • Adoption proceedings
  • Name changes

Other duties of the Clerk’s Office include the following:

  • Issuance of marriage licenses 
  •  Processing indictments for both felony and misdemeanor cases 
  • Jury scheduling
  • Probating wills
  • Appointing administrators, trustees, and guardians
  • Collecting fines and costs for the 24th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia

Most records of this office (with certain exceptions) are open to the public.