Norfolk Circuit Court

4th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet

CLERK OF COURT

Hon. George E. Schaefer

EMAIL

[email protected]

Clerk's Office Hours

8:45AM - 4:45PM

PHONE

(757) 389-8942

FAX

ADDRESS

150 St. Paul's Boulevard
7th Floor
Norfolk, VA 23510-2773

Terms of Court and General Information

Terms begin the first day of the month.
Grand Jury is the first Wednesday of the month.
Civil cases set by agreement of counsel and consent of the court; scheduling orders are mandatory in most cases.
Civil and Criminal trials begin at 9:30 a.m.
Commissioners in Chancery are appointed in suits for accounting, partition, delinquent taxes, and judgment debtor interrogatories, and in other suits by order of the Court.
Local Rules are adopted pursuant to 8.01-4.
Uncontested divorces are heard Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and set through the Clerk.
Final orders are sent to counsel by email and by regular mail to pro se parties and counsel for whom the Clerk has no email address. Self-addressed stamped envelopes are appreciated but not necessary.