Salem White Pages Lookup
The Salem White Pages bring together the public record sources you need to find a person, a case, or a property in this small independent city next to Roanoke. Look up court files, deeds, voter info, and police reports through City of Salem offices and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each office runs its own files. Most lookups are free. Use the search box on this page to start a White Pages people search, or jump to one of the city offices below for direct access. The clerk and the commissioner are open on weekdays.
Salem White Pages Overview
Salem Circuit Court White Pages
The Salem Circuit Court Clerk's Office is the main hub for court files in the city. The clerk holds case files, land records, marriage licenses, and probate papers. Public access is open during weekday business hours. Most court files in Virginia are open under Virginia Code § 17.1-208. The clerk's office is the right first stop for any people search tied to a court case in Salem.
Salem is part of the 23rd Judicial Circuit of Virginia. The same circuit also serves the city of Roanoke and Roanoke County. Land records can be searched in person by name, by deed book and page, or by parcel ID. The clerk also issues marriage licenses to couples who plan to wed in the city. Bring photo ID for any in person record request.
Statewide case data for Salem flows through the Virginia Courts Online Case Information portal. Pick Salem Circuit Court from the dropdown, then run a name or case number search. The portal is free. It shows party names, hearing dates, charges, and final rulings. The Salem General District Court hears smaller civil cases and traffic matters and can also be searched through the same statewide tool.
The Virginia Judicial System site is the front door for nearly every court record search in the state. View the Virginia Judicial System hub for forms, court lists, and direct phone numbers. 
Use it as a starting point before you head to the Salem clerk in person.
Note: Salem became an independent city in 1968 and is the smallest city by area in the 23rd Judicial Circuit, which makes routine record requests fast to fill.
Salem Real Estate White Pages
The Salem Commissioner of the Revenue assesses real estate and personal property in the city. Assessment records and tax info are open to the public. The office is the right place to look up the value of a home or business in Salem. Property owners can also pick up tax forms and ask about exemptions and relief programs.
Real estate data is one of the strongest White Pages tools in Salem. A name on a deed gives you a current address, a sale price, and a parcel ID. From there you can pull the prior owners and the lot size. Virginia Code § 58.1-3201 says all real property in the state must be assessed at fair market value. Virginia Code § 58.1-3122.2 lets the city share that data online for free public use.
The Online Case Information portal pairs well with deed data when you are running a full White Pages check on a Salem resident. Open the case search tool and pick the right local court. 
Cross check a name from a deed against any court matters with one short query.
Voter and Vital Records in Salem
Voter records for Salem residents sit with the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal. The site is free. Sign in with your name, date of birth, and the last four of your social. The portal can show your polling place, registration status, and voting history. The Salem General Registrar runs the local elections office. Voter rolls are kept under Virginia Code § 24.2-428.2.
Birth and death records for people born or who died in Salem are held at the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records. A copy of any vital record costs $12. Birth records open to the public 100 years after the event. Death, marriage, and divorce files open 25 years after the event. Before that, only immediate family with valid ID can get a copy. The city clerk holds marriage licenses for couples who applied in Salem.
Salem FOIA and Business Search
Public records in Salem are open under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, found at Virginia Code § 2.2-3700. The city must reply to a FOIA request within five working days. If staff cannot respond in that time, they can take seven more days, for 12 total. You do not have to give a reason. You just need to be a Virginia resident or a member of the media. Common exemptions sit at Virginia Code § 2.2-3705.1.
Business filings tied to Salem firms are held by the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The SCC's CIS Online tool lets you pull up a company name to see its registered agent, filing date, and current status. This is useful when you want to find the people behind a local business or confirm a firm is in good standing with the state.
Note: Salem shares many service ties with the city of Roanoke and the 23rd Circuit, so a full White Pages search often pulls files from both places.
Other Salem White Pages Tools
The Salem Sheriff's Office serves civil process for the Circuit Court and runs court security. Its records are tied to court files held by the clerk. The Salem Treasurer collects city taxes and may have data on tax delinquent parcels. The Salem Police Department also runs records for incident reports and arrests in city limits. All three offices can fill in gaps that the clerk and the commissioner of the revenue do not cover on their own.
For older land records and historic deeds in Salem, the clerk's office has paper indexes that go back many decades. Some files have been scanned. Many have not. Plan to spend a bit of time at the courthouse if you are doing family research or chasing a chain of title. Staff can help point you to the right deed book and page if you bring a name and a rough date.
The Salem Public Library keeps a local history room with directories, old phone books, and microfilm of city papers. These can be a back door into a White Pages style search when no online file is to be found. The Library of Virginia in Richmond keeps even older records, including some Salem files from the years before it became an independent city. Both are free to use.
Sex offender records for the Salem area are kept by the Virginia State Police. The state runs a free registry that you can search by name, zip code, or city. It is updated as new offenders are added or removed under state rules. This is a key step in any full White Pages safety check tied to a Salem home address.
The Salem Civic Center and the city's parks office may also hold records tied to permits, public events, and meeting rooms. While these are not part of a typical people search, they can show ties between a name and a local event. The city manager's office holds copies of public meeting minutes and council agenda items, which sometimes name local residents who spoke at public hearings. Most of these files are also open under the state FOIA rules and can be pulled with a short written request to the city clerk.