Goochland County VA

Lookup Public Records in Goochland County, Virginia. Including Vital Birth and Death Records, Deeds, Probate, Property Records, Mortgages, Liens, Judgments, Marriage Licenses, Voter Registrar, Payroll, Military Discharges.

Goochland County Overview

Founded in 1728, Goochland County in Virginia was named for Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, to the royal lieutenant governor. The population in the county, as of the 2010 census was 21,717. Several historic homes still exist in the county, which has a total area of 281 square miles of land, plus eight square miles of water. Adjacent counties are: Fluvanna to the west, Cumberland to the southwest, Powhatan to the south, Henrico to the east, Hanover to the northeast, and Louisa to the north. Sponsored by the Daughters of the Confederacy, a monument to the Confederate effort was erected on the Goochland Courthouse green. It was unveiled on June 22, 1918. Among those in attendance was Robert E. Lee, grandson of General Robert E. Lee. Thomas Jefferson, at Shadwell, then within the boundaries of the county grew up in the area. As a child he was schooled along with his friend Thomas at the Randolph’s’ Tuckahoe Plantation in Goochland County. Justin Verlander, the Houston Astros starting pitcher, was raised in the county, as was John Austin Hicks catcher and first baseman for the Detroit Tigers. Fifteen zip codes have been deployed for use by the county, the largest of which is 23063.

Goochland County Clerk Information

Dale W. Agnew, Clerk
2938 River Road West
PO Box 196
Goochland, VA 23063
804-556-5353

Duties include:

• Attendance at all Court proceedings, preparation of Court dockets, and drafting criminal court orders.
• Preparation and maintenance of all criminal and civil law files, adoption proceedings, garnishments and levies, summoning witnesses for Court appearances, and jury administration.
• Probate of wills and codicils, appointment of executors and administrators of estates.
• Goochland County Courthouse
• Custodian of trust funds held by the Court and funds held by the Court during litigation.
• Recording of deeds, deeds of trust, mechanic’s liens and all other documents pertaining to the ownership of land within the County.
• Collection of state and local recording fees, all filing fees, and all criminal fines and Court costs, and receiving monetary restitution for payment to victims in criminal cases.
• Issuance of marriage licenses.
• Docketing judgments, recording financing statements, and processing concealed handgun permits.
• Custodian of records beginning with the time the County was formed from the Shire of Henrico in 1728. These older records have been preserved using approved methods of preservation. Since 2001 we have been using the digital record keeping system for our land records.

Goochland County Clerk of Circuit Court

Goochland County Records

Jennifer N. Brown, Commissioner of the Revenue
1800 Sandy Hook Road Ste. 230
PO Box 60
Goochland, VA 23063
804-556-5807

Assessments and values, tax exempt property, tax credits and exemptions:

Goochland County Commissioner of Revenue

Land records, deeds, fee schedules, plats and surveys, maps, passports, tax liens, easements and condemnations:

Goochland County Public Records Room

Pamela C. Johnson, Treasurer
1800 Sandy Hook Road
Suite 210
PO Box 188
Goochland, VA 23063
804-556-5806
[email protected]

Past due tax information:

Goochland County Due Tax Info

Pay property taxes:

Goochland County Property Taxes

Motor vehicle information:

Goochland County Vehicle License Fee

Online forms and fee schedules:

Goochland County Forms

and

Goochland County Fee Schedule