Deeds & Plats - Self Service

Find DEEDS, PLATS, WILLS, MARRIAGE LICENSES and OTHER RECORDS and purchase copies

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Courthouse
2nd Floor
7530 County Complex Road
Hanover, VA 23069

Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Recording Land Records

Virginia's Judicial System Deed Book Forms includes forms for commonly used land records documents.

Print forms using "Print for Submission to Court".  The clerk's office cannot accept forms in which grey boxes appear.

Document Recording requirements

Note 1: Land records, wills, judgments, UCCs, and other documents offered for recordation may not include a social security number.

Note 2:  Include a self-addressed envelope if sent by mail.

Recording Standards

Library of Virginia's Standards for Recorded Instruments and Library of Virginia's Standards for Plats

e-Recorded Documents

Documents accepted electronically from Simplifile, CSC, and ePN, are listed in e-Recording Documents and Indexing Specifications