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Dinwiddie County Virginia

Departments: Circuit Court Clerk

 

Expungement Procedures

  1. Prepare a petition, which includes your personal information, the charge or charges to be expunged and all other information pertaining to those charges. Be sure to include each charge to be expunged and coinciding dates.
  • Form – Petition and Order for Expungement*
  • You can use this form as your petition and order.
  • There is a checklist at the bottom of petition to help guide you through the Expungement Process
  • Certified copies of warrants/indictments showing the disposition of the case must be attached to the petition.
  • The filing fee is $84.00 and the service fee is $12.00 for a total of $96.00. This fee may be paid by check, cash or money order.
  • Checks of money orders should be payable to Dinwiddie Circuit Court. The service fee is required; the Sheriff must serve a copy of the petition and warrants on the Commonwealth's Attorney.

    2 Upon filing of the petition, the petitioner will be given a date/time stamped copy of the petition. You will need to take the petition to the Law Enforcement Agency. They will take your fingerprints and forward them with the petition to the Virginia State Police for a criminal history background check. Please note that your case will not proceed unless this is done.

    • 3. The Virginia State Police will forward to this office, under seal, the criminal background history and the set of fingerprints. You will be notified by letter that this has been received and the date and time of when your case will be set for hearing.  You are required to come to set the case for a hearing date with the Commonwealth Attorney’s office.
    4. On the date of the hearing, please bring your Order of Expungement to court with you.  The Clerk's Office will send a certified copy of the signed order to the Virginia State Police. They will notify all agencies to expunge your record. Please note that this process may take 3 - 6 months.
  • Form – Petition and Order for Expungement *
  • You can use this form as your petition and order.

Forms:

*When using the following PDF Fillable Forms please print using the print button in the pdf page itself and not the print button in the window above page.  Using the print button in pdf itself clears out the gray fillable fields for easier use by the Judge and Clerks. 
Before proceeding, see Virginia State Code section 19.2-392.2
This information has been developed to assist you in obtaining an expungement of a criminal record. It is not intended to be a replacement for competent legal advice. In fact, it is strongly recommended that you hire an attorney to represent your interests. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk cannot advise or represent you.

 

 

 

 

Clerk of Circuit Court

Dinwiddie County Courthouse
14008 Boydton Plank Road
3rd Floor
PO Box 63
Dinwiddie, VA  23841

Phone:  (804) 469-4540     Fax:  (804) 469-5383

Contact Us: Clerk of Circuit Court