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- Chesterfield County Sheriff's Officechesterfield.gov
- Chesterfield County Clerk of CourtCourt case records, filings and clerk contact details.
- Real Estate Assessments, Chesterfield County, VAchesterfield.gov
- NCES Public School District Searchnces.ed.gov
- FBI Crime Data Explorercde.ucr.cjis.gov
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- FBI Identity History Summary Checksfbi.gov
- Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate & Supervisee Locatorvadoc.virginia.gov
- Criminal Recordschesterfield.gov
Local record guide
About public records in Chester
What we hold on Chester, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Chester at a glance
- County
- Chesterfield County
- County seat
- Chesterfield Court House
- Population
- 23,414
- Chesterfield County population
- 364,548
- Local records
- Chesterfield County offices
- ZIP codes
- 23831
About Chester public records
Chester has no local government of its own; the records for the people and property here are held by Chesterfield County. The Chesterfield County offices are in Chesterfield Court House, the county seat. Our Chesterfield County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Chester, Virginia
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 60 investigations with a Chester address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $780,647 in back wages agreed for 742 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
- Investigations closed
- 60
- Back wages agreed
- $780,647
- Workers due back wages
- 742
- Civil money penalties
- $107,487
- Employers on the record
- 49
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamin Hotels, LLC | 2 | $162,269 | 101 |
| VIrginia Waste Services, Inc. | 1 | $146,642 | 40 |
| J. Worden & Sons Paving LLC | 1 | $102,551 | 63 |
| Don Papa Grande Two Inc | 1 | $90,783 | 14 |
| Dominion Hospitality, LLC | 3 | $58,735 | 81 |
| The CFS Group, LLC | 2 | $48,540 | 20 |
| Salisbury Enterprises, Inc | 1 | $38,370 | 30 |
| Truck Stop Games, LLC | 2 | $37,898 | 33 |
| Yes Kids Count, LLC | 1 | $22,604 | 6 |
| REJ Enterprises | 1 | $15,106 | 26 |
| A & S Buffa, Inc | 1 | $8,190 | 2 |
| Hospitality Associates, LLC | 1 | $5,377 | 26 |
| Greyline Auto Parts, Inc. | 1 | $4,616 | 7 |
| Cosmo VA One Inc. | 1 | $4,596 | 22 |
| VA Retirement Services of Chesterfield, LLC | 1 | $4,547 | 40 |
| Grass Roots Lawn Care of Virginia, Inc. | 1 | $4,221 | 46 |
| Amware Pallet Services, L.L.C. | 2 | $4,104 | 2 |
| Elite Force Staffing Inc. | 2 | $2,942 | 11 |
| Sapori Italian Restaurant, Inc. | 1 | $2,872 | 10 |
| Zedale Staffing | 1 | $2,741 | 5 |
| C.W. Wright Construction Co., Inc. | 1 | $2,695 | 6 |
| Unlimited Landscaping Services, Inc. | 2 | $2,290 | 20 |
| DDWA, Incorporated | 1 | $1,293 | 27 |
| Shoosmith Construction, Inc. | 1 | $1,025 | 4 |
| Ashton Creek Vineyard, LLC | 1 | $822 | 2 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 49 whose address on the record is in Chester; 18 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 24 more with smaller records are on the Virginia wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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