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Find the right office in Albemarle County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Albemarle County Criminal Records and Clerk Filings, with the criminal case, warrant and offender information the agency publishes.
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Search for Albemarle County Permits and Inspections: Building permits and structure information.
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Albemarle County Police Department, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
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Albemarle County Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Albemarle County Directory, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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The Virginia Works office at 944 Glenwood Station Lane in Charlottesville offers job search help, career services and workforce programs for the area.
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United States Census Bureau figures for Albemarle County, Virginia, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
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Albemarle County Official Public Records Search, the office that records deeds, mortgages and land documents, with its index and copy rules as published.
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Albemarle County Property Taxes, the office that values property for tax, with parcel data, assessment records and appeal information.
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Albemarle County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Albemarle County Health District, the public health office for the county, with clinic, immunization and family health program information.
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Albemarle County Business Information: Economic development assistance for Albemarle County, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
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Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Albemarle County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Albemarle County.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Albemarle County is provided by Albemarle County Sheriff's Office and the Charlottesville Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Albemarle County is primarily provided by Albemarle County Police Department, which serves the unincorporated areas of Albemarle County, and Albemarle County Sheriff's Office. Albemarle County Police Department is headquartered at 1600 Fifth Street Extended, Charlottesville, VA 22902, and can be contacted through the office’s website. Albemarle County Sheriff's Office, located at 411 East High Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902, phone (434) 296-5822, manages court security, civil process service, and operates the Charlottesville area-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Arrest records in Albemarle County are considered public records under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at Virginia Code § 2.2-3700 et seq.
Criminal Records. These records are maintained by Albemarle County Circuit Court Clerk's Office and the Virginia State Police.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Albemarle County are maintained by Albemarle County Sheriff's Office and the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 49 named mine sites inside the county, 45 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 14 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; crushed stone; construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Albemarle County Sheriff or a city police department in Albemarle County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Va. Code 2.2-3706(A)(1) law enforcement agencies must release adult arrestee photographs taken at intake and booking when requested, except when release would jeopardize a felony investigation, and then only until it no longer would.
The Virginia criminal history record comes from the Virginia State Police, Central Criminal Records Exchange. Request a name search on form SP-167 (Criminal History Record Name Search Request) through vspapps.vsp.virginia.gov; results take about 15 business days after mail in.
Search the Virginia State Police Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the general registrar (city or county registration office) or through the Virginia Department of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. The deadline to register is 21 days before most elections; after the deadline you can register at your local registration office and vote a provisional ballot in person (same day registration).
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Albemarle County are kept by the Albemarle County clerk of the circuit court. Property values are set by the commissioner of the revenue or local assessor, and tax bills come from the county or city treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Virginia come from the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. Certified copies of Virginia birth, death, marriage and divorce records are sold at all DMV customer service centers. Online through the Office of Vital Records application, by mail with check or money order payable to the State Health Department to P.O. Box 1000, Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000, in person at 8701 Park Central Drive, Suite 100, Richmond, VA 23227, or at any DMV customer service center. Fee: $15 for each certified copy (DMV charges a $17 records search fee).
Business entity filings are searched with the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Clerk's Office. Business licenses are issued by the city or county where the business is based; contact the Commissioner of the Revenue or business license office of each city, county and town where the business has an office or location.
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