This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, process a release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that created the record.
Norfolk Custody and Record Contacts
Choose the custodian that owns the question. Norfolk is an independent city, so adult jail records come from the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office. State custody and supervision records come from VADOC. Court clerks maintain their own dockets and orders.
Norfolk City Jail
811 E. City Hall Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23510
Main line: 757-664-4700
Available 24 hours
NSO Records Management
Records Management OIC: 757-664-4777
Use the Norfolk Sheriff online FOIA form for booking, release, and movement records.
Administrative offices: 538 Front Street, not the jail exit.
Virginia Department of Corrections FOIA
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261
804-963-2953
FOIA@vadoc.virginia.gov
Norfolk District 2
3755 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23502
757-683-8417
State probation and parole office serving Norfolk
Other useful offices include Norfolk General District Court at 150 Saint Paul’s Boulevard, Room 3202, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., main number 757-664-4910 and criminal division 757-664-4915 or 757-664-4916. Norfolk Circuit Court is on the seventh floor at 150 St. Paul’s Boulevard, open 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., 757-389-8942. Norfolk Criminal Justice Services is at 711 Granby Street, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 757-441-1413. Its courthouse intake office is Room 2102, 757-664-4972.
Use these routes based on the need:
- For a named adult release and its official record, start with the Norfolk release search and record steps.
- For state or local community supervision, use Probation & Parole and identify the order first.
- For recent Norfolk jail activity, consult Jail Releases: 24 Hours; Norfolk publishes no all-person release feed.
- For a future state date or alert, use Projected Release and VINELink Inmate Search.
- For a particular Norfolk facility, use the facility pages in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the official VADOC Inmate & Supervisee Locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator appropriate to that custodian.