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.