This Is Not a Government Office. This private reference site cannot retrieve a criminal file, conduct an official background check, change or remove a record, or receive an expungement petition. Those services belong to the appropriate government office.
Need an Official Record?
Use the custodian that matches the type of Botetourt County record:
- Arrest, booking, jail, and sheriff incident records: ask the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office for its records custodian
- Misdemeanor and preliminary felony files: contact the Botetourt General District Court clerk
- Felony trial and certified circuit files: use the Botetourt Circuit Court clerk or review the Court Case Lookup information
- Virginia criminal histories and official background checks: follow the consent-based process through Virginia State Police, Civil & Applicant Records Exchange
- Expungement and sealing matters: contact the clerk of the court connected to the case before filing
- Incident or police reports: request the document from the law-enforcement agency that created it
For sheriff-created records, contact the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office, 205 N. Roanoke St., Fincastle, VA 24090, at 540-928-2200. No separate records-counter hours were published, so call the main number before visiting and ask for the records custodian. The General District Court clerk is at 20 E. Back St., Suite A, Fincastle, VA 24090, 540-928-2270, with counter hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Circuit Court clerk lists Courthouse, Main Street, Fincastle, VA 24090, 540-473-8274, and hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Circuit Court is temporarily operating from the public-safety building during courthouse construction, so confirm the current visit location by telephone. Official statewide checks follow the Virginia State Police criminal-history process.