The Search tab navigates to the Search screen and is only visible to registrants assigned the roles of Administrator/User or User. The screen allows an Administrator/User or User to search court records using criteria filters:
· Last and First Name;
· Date of Birth;
· The last four digits of the individual’s Social Security Number (SSN); and
· The Driver’s License Number and Driver’s License State.
Due to the sensitive nature of these records, for security purposes the VDBC enforces violations, bans, and consequent actions, when registrants violate the system’s Terms and Conditions of Use. The following are not permitted to collect information:
1. Using scripting software; or
2. Entering data incrementally to determine any unknown information.
The VDBC is only available to confirm adult criminal cases in the Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, criminal and traffic cases in the General District Court and criminal and traffic cases in select Circuit Court case management systems. All fields indicated with a red asterisk (*) are required.
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Enter the full Last Name* for the search. |
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Comment: Partial entry of a last name will not produce any results. The last name must be completely entered for the system to produce results. |
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Enter the First Name*. |
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Comment: Partial or complete entry of a first name is allowed.
Important! To avoid receiving Criteria Search violations, it is highly recommended that users enter a complete, or as close to complete as possible, First Name when searching the system. |
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Enter the individual’s Date of Birth*. |
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Enter the last four digits of the individual’s SSN. |
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Enter the Driver’s License Number. |
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Enter or select the Driver’s License State from the drop-down list. |
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Comment: This field is required if a Driver’s License Number is entered. |
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Click Submit. |
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If the query … |
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The name queried will return case details in the Results area. |
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Does not return any results |
A message stating no cases were found will display in the Results area. |
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Comment: Clicking on the Clear button clears Search fields for a new entry. |
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Search Results
The Results area displays the following case details:
· Offense dates;
· Case numbers;
· Court Names;
· An icon indicating whether the last four digits of the SSN matches (if entered); and
· An icon indicating whether the Driver’s License Number (DL#) and Driver’s License State (DL State) match (if entered).
The Results area displays case details when a criteria filter entry returns successfully.
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The Results area displays all case details for the criteria filter: |
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- Offense dates; |
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- Case numbers; |
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- Court names; |
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- An icon indicating whether the last four digits of the SSN matches; and |
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- An icon Indicating whether DL#/DL State matches. |
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Comment: If any of the optional fields, SSN and DL#/DL State, were not entered, the results will only display the columns for the required fields. |
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An icon will indicate whether the optional fields, SSN and DL#/DL State, match, do not match, or are not present for the case. |
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Click on a Case Number to view case details. The system will navigate to the General District Court Online Case Information System (GDOCIS) and Online Case Information System (OCIS 2.0) case details page. |
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Unsuccessful |
A message stating no cases were found for the criteria will display in the Results area and will include the date and time of the query. |
The VDBC automatically enforces temporary or permanent bans on entire organizations or individual registrants when the system detects misuse of the system or multiple violations of the Terms and Conditions of Use.
See System Violations for information on usage violations and explanations.
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Supreme Court of Virginia |
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Rev. 7/18 |
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