The Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office serves Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg. Our office is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
The Clerk’s Office is responsible for filing of all civil suits; docketing and filing of criminal actions; recording real estate records and plats; probating wills; processing notary public applications; issuing marriage licenses; recording military discharge forms (DD-214’s); and recording business trade names. Our office is an acceptance facility for U.S. passports for the U.S. Department of State. The office also maintains a genealogy room, which holds Minute Books and other items of interest dating back to 1778.
Chaz W. Haywood serves as the Clerk of Court after having been elected to the office in November 2007.