Gloucester General District Court

9th Judicial District of Virginia

General District Courts Informational Pamphlet

CLERK OF COURT

Hannah Ruth Smith

Clerk's Office Hours

8:00AM - 4:00PM

PHONE

(804) 693-4860

FAX

(804) 693-6669

ADDRESS

P. O. Box 873
7400 Justice Drive, Room 102
Gloucester, VA 23061

    • Hon. Wade A. Bowie, Chief Judge
    • Hon. Matthew Daren Danielson
    • Hon. Stephanie M. Revere, Presiding Judge
  • Court Policies
  • Dress Policy
    Proper dress is required to enter the courtroom. This includes the following:
    • No shorts,
    • No hats,
    • No clothing with obscene, vulgar or offense language or pictures.

Wednesdays
    8:30 a.m., Counsel Determination with Clerk
    9:30 a.m., Arraignments with Judge
    10:00 a.m., Gloucester Sheriff's Office Traffic Summons
    10:00 a.m., Criminal Cases, ASAP & LP & PS Violations (3rd only)
    10:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., & 11:30 a.m., Virginia State Police Traffic Summons
    1:30 p.m., Virginia State Police, Bus Patrol, School Zone Monitors Summons (1st)
    1:30 p.m., Animal Control, Game & Inland Fisheries, VMRC (2nd)
    1:30 p.m., Toll Violations, Virginia State Police Traffic Summons (4th)
    2:00 p.m., Small Claims Civil Filings (2nd or 4th)
Thursdays
    9:30 a.m., Commonwealth involved Criminal Cases
    9:30 a.m., ASAP & LP & PS Violations
    10:30 a.m., Non-Commonwealth Criminal Cases
    10:30 a.m., Zoning/Codes Compliance (2nd)
    1:30 p.m., Driving Under Suspension, Reckless Driving
Fridays (No Court on 5th Friday of the month)
    9:30 a.m., First Callings
    10:00 a.m., Unlawful Detainers
    10:30 a.m., Contested Trials begin (Set with Clerk)

  • First motion to continue a traffic matter may be granted by the Clerk. Subsequent motions and all other cases motions require Judge Approval.