Juvenile Records Request Process

To request juvenile records, contact Lara Todd via mail, phone, or email.

By U.S. mail: send written request to Lara Todd, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, 600 East Main Street, 20th Floor, Richmond, VA 23218-1110.
By phone: (804) 350-5490. You may be asked to provide your request in writing.
By email: records.requests@djj.virginia.gov

Submit an authorized release form signed by the appropriate person (making sure to check and provide initials next to the appropriate places). There are different forms depending on who is requesting the records. The links to each form are listed below. Carefully read each description and complete the correct form.

Juvenile Records Request Forms

If you are over 18 and would like to request your records, use the Request for Records and Information form.
If you are an attorney requesting client records, use the Authorization for Release of Records and Information form. Please submit a letter of representation with the signed release.
If you are a parent requesting your minor child’s records, use the Request for Records and Information by parent form.
If you are a third party requesting individual records (minor child and adult), use the Authorization for Release of Records and Information (not attorney) form.

Juvenile Records Request Process

Juvenile Records Request Forms

Feel free to contact Lara Todd with any questions.