Search Prince William County White Pages
Prince William County sits in Northern Virginia and the Prince William County White Pages pull people search data from court files, deed books, and county directories. The Circuit Court Clerk in Manassas is the main spot to look up land records, marriage licenses, and case files. The county also runs free online tools for property lookups and a Find My Supervisor map. Use the search box below to start a Prince William White Pages people lookup, or scroll down for direct links and office hours.
Prince William County White Pages Overview
Prince William Circuit Court White Pages
The Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk's office posts both land records and court case info online. The clerk's office is at 9311 Lee Avenue in Manassas. Office hours run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call (703) 792-6015 for the clerk. Land record images go back to 1918. Court case data goes back to July 1, 1989. Juvenile, adoption, and sealed cases are not online and stay with the court.
The Prince William Circuit Court Access to Online Records page spells out what is online and how to get to it. The land records list is broad. It covers deeds, UCC filings, plats, judgments, fiduciaries, fictitious names, clerk's orders, marriage licenses, and old highway plats. Marriage license indexes start in 1981. Wills and probate go back to 1981. Most users find what they need with a name search alone.
The Access to Online Records page lists every record type with the year coverage starts and the format you can pull.
Pay-per-use users pay $0.50 per image plus a $2.00 internet fee, while index searches stay free.
To run a court case search, pick "Prince William County Circuit," choose Criminal or Civil, and search by defendant, plaintiff, case number, or hearing date. The case detail page shows general info, hearings, disposition, pleadings, orders, and service info. The data is real time and matches what a clerk sees on screen. To view actual case papers, you must visit the Judicial Center. Most current files have been scanned and sit on public terminals in Criminal Room 310, Civil Room 314, and the Public Service Center in Room 305.
Note: Court case images in Prince William are not posted online and must be viewed in person at the Judicial Center on Lee Avenue in Manassas.
Prince William County Land Records Online
The Clerk's Office runs a Land Records Management System known as LRMS. Two access plans are open to the public. The first is a yearly plan at $240 per person for unlimited use. The second is pay per use, with free index searches and a $0.50 fee per image plus a $2.00 internet fee. To sign up for the yearly plan, fill out the Individual Subscriber Agreement and mail it to the Clerk of Circuit Court, Attn LRMS Web Subscription, Room 300, 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas VA 20110.
Effective May 1, 2021, the General Assembly passed HB1414/SB890 and changed the recording fees on every deed in Virginia. The Regional Congestion Relief Fee under Virginia Code § 58.1-802.4 rose to $0.10 per $100. The WMATA Fee under Virginia Code § 58.1-802.3 dropped to $0.10 per $100. Both fees still show on every deed recorded in the county.
First time users of the Eagle Recorder system should go to www4.pwcva.gov/Web, enter their user ID, then use the password sent by email. View the Land Records Online page.
The county no longer pro-rates LRMS subscriptions. The clock starts the day the staff enters your name in the system.
For a Government Subscriber Agreement, call 703-792-6035 or email the Clerk's Office. Have the right Virginia Code section ready when you call. Out of state firms must show they can do business in Virginia and are in good standing under Virginia Code § 17.1-279 before they sign up for Secure Remote Access.
Prince William County Property Lookup
Property records are a key part of any people search in Prince William County. The Land Records Online portal lets you create an account, pick a search type by name, document type, or address, and review results. The county also runs County Mapper for boundary and zoning info, and PWC QuickInfo for fast lookups by owner name or address.
Deeds, plats, surveys, and zoning files sit in the records room permanently. Tax assessment records are kept for the long term, with working files held 10 years. Building permits are kept for the long term once approved. Rejected applications are held three years. Tax payment records are held five years after payment.
The Prince William County online records portal is a clear roadmap to free and paid access in the county.
Use it before you head to the courthouse so you know which terminal to use.
Free access tools include the Public Access Terminals at the Circuit Court Clerk's Office, the PWC QuickInfo lookup, County Mapper, and the Real Estate Assessment Office page. Lien searches run through the Land Records Online portal. Search by owner name or address, then filter by document type. Tax liens, judgment liens, mechanics' liens, HOA liens, and child support liens all show up in the same list when you search a name.
Historic Records and Research Help
The Circuit Court Public Service Center in Room 305 holds a wide range of files for public research. Copies can be made for most papers, except for adoption, juvenile, and sealed records. The Paul B. Ebert Law Library in Room 304 sits on the same floor and is open to the public and to lawyers. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The library has public workstations, sample forms, and legal research help.
Prince William County was formed in 1731 from Stafford and King George counties. Fairfax was formed from Prince William in 1742. Loudoun was formed from Fairfax in 1757. Fauquier was formed from Prince William in 1759. Old chancery records from 1804 to 1951 sit at the Library of Virginia at lva.virginia.gov/chancery. The bulk of the file runs from 1831 to 1921.
The Circuit Court Research page points to the Historical Online Portal, or HOP, for old records work.
Phase 1 covers wills and heirs, Phase 2 holds the deed index, and Phase 3 covers marriage licenses.
The Historic Document Room has no full time genealogy staff, but a volunteer comes in several days a week. Contact the room at the Prince William County Circuit Court, Historical Document Room, 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110. For deep land records research, the county tells users to hire a local title firm or attorney.
Note: 1937 aerial photographs of Prince William County are free to view through the Aerial Image Viewer by parcel address or GPIN.
Prince William County Public Directory
The Prince William County government homepage is the central hub for all county services. The Find My Supervisor tool lets a user enter an address and pull up the supervisor for that district, the school zone, basic property info, other elected officials, and voting info. PWC Demographics has US Census data, housing data, and a GIS data portal. The site also links to the Sheriff's Office, Treasurer, GIS/Mapping, and Real Estate Assessments.
The county home page is the simplest way to confirm a department phone number or office address.
The Apply for Benefits Online section covers Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, Energy Assistance, and Child Care.
FOIA requests in the county follow Virginia Code § 2.2-3700. The county must reply within five working days. Common exemptions sit at Virginia Code § 2.2-3705.1.
Cities and Nearby Counties
Manassas and Manassas Park are independent cities inside the borders of Prince William County, but each runs its own circuit court clerk and its own deed books. For people lookups in those cities, search the city clerk, not the county clerk in Manassas.
Nearby counties with their own people search portals include Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Stafford County. Each one runs its own clerk and its own assessment office, with online tools that differ from Prince William.