This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the record-holding agency directly.
Official Stafford Record Contacts
Use the office that created the record. Rappahannock Regional Jail maintains adult local jail records for Stafford cases, while the Stafford County Sheriff's Office holds sheriff arrest and incident records. VADOC handles state-prison and inactive-offender files. Courts hold the signed orders that establish the legal basis for a release.
Rappahannock Regional Jail
1745 Richmond Highway
Stafford, VA 22554
Mail: PO Box 548, Fredericksburg, VA 22404
Phone: 540-288-5245
Inmate Processing: Eva Hackett, 540-288-5281, ehackett@rrj.state.va.us.
FOIA Officer: Santina Thelen, 540-288-5268, sthelen@rrj.state.va.us. Mail requests to ATTN Santina Thelen, FOIA Officer, PO Box 3300, Stafford, VA 22555. Review the official RRJ FOIA policy before sending a request.
Stafford County Sheriff's Office
1225 Courthouse Road
Stafford, VA 22554
Records: 540-658-4450
FOIA: 540-658-4420
Email: records@staffordcountyva.gov
Mail: PO Box 189, Stafford, VA 22555
Administrative hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The public service counter is posted as open 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. weekdays.
Virginia Department of Corrections
PO Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261
Main: 804-674-3000
FOIA: FOIA@vadoc.virginia.gov
FOIA contact: Anne-Cabrié Forsythe, 804-963-2953
A fully discharged person may require the inactive-offender record form. VADOC also publishes a separate consent form.
VADOC District 21
5620 Southpoint Centre Boulevard, Suite 110
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Phone: 540-710-2102
District 21 covers Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, and Fredericksburg. It is a probation and parole office, not a detention facility.
Stafford County Courts
Circuit Court Clerk: 1300 Courthouse Road, PO Box 69, Stafford, VA 22555; 540-658-8750; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
General District Court Clerk: 1300 Courthouse Road, PO Box 940, Stafford, VA 22555; 540-658-8935; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court: 1300 Courthouse Road, PO Box 400, Stafford, VA 22555; 540-658-8775; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Juvenile records are restricted.
The right path depends on the question and the custody system. Use these routes to avoid asking one office for a record held by another:
- For a named released person or a local release record, begin with the Stafford County release search and records path.
- For post-release state supervision, use Parole & Probation and District 21.
- For someone who may have left RRJ recently, review the 24-Hour Release List fallback process because RRJ has no public recent-release feed.
- For an expected date or custody alert, use the Projected Release Date and VINELink Check resources.
- For one location, choose the matching detention facility page in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use VADOC's statewide locator or records office.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator rather than RRJ.