Colonial Heights General District Court

12th Judicial District of Virginia

General District Courts Informational Pamphlet

CLERK OF COURT

Chelsea Lythgoe Murrell

Clerk's Office Hours

8:00AM - 4:00PM

PHONE

(804) 520-9346

FAX

(804) 520-9370

ADDRESS

P. O. Box 3401
550 Boulevard
Colonial Heights, VA 23834


Physical address
550 Boulevard
Colonial Heights, VA 23834

    • Hon. Matthew Donald Nelson, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
    • Hon. Curtis M. Hairston Jr., Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Shajuan Mason House
    • Hon. Keith Nelson Hurley, Presiding Judge

Monday:
    8:30 - Criminal/Traffic Returns
    10:45 - Bonded Arraignment/Protective Orders
    11:30 - Video Arraignment
    12:30 - Civil Garnishments
    1:00 - Civil General Return 1st, 3rd, 5th Monday (Attorney Only)
    2:30 - Civil Motions 1st, 3rd, 5th Monday
    1:00, 2:00, 3:00 - Civil Trials 2nd & 4th Monday
Tuesday:
    8:30 - Traffic
    10:45 - Bonded Arraignments/Protective Orders
    11:30 - Video Arraignments
    1:00 - Traffic
Wednesday
    8:30 - Criminal
    10:45 - Bonded Arraignments/Protective Orders
    Video Arraignments
    11:30 - Video Arraignments
    1:00 - Criminal
Thursday & Friday Dockets to Begin 7/1/26
Thursday:
    8:30 - Civil Garnishments
    9:00 - Non - Attorney Plaintiff Civil General Returns
    10:00 - Civil Motions
    10:45 - Bonded Arraignments/Protective Orders
    11:30 - Video Arraignment
    1:00 - Civil Trials & Small Claims
    2:00 - Civil Trials
    3:00 - Civil Trials
Friday:
    8:30 - Criminal/Traffic Returns, Citizen & Detective Criminal Cases, Pleas
    10:45 - Bonded Arraignments/Protective Orders
    11:30 - Video Arraignments
    1:00 - Contested Lengthy Civil Cases: to be set by Court only

  • Continuances granted by the Judge.; Civil trial continuances: Trials more than 3 weeks away, please contact Clerk's office for a continuance; Trials less than 3 weeks away are granted by motion and order only.