The Circuit Court Clerk’s Office has birth records for 1853-1868.

For a birth record after that time, contact the Division of Vital Statistics. Download the application. You also may obtain a birth record copy from any state online at vitalchek.com.

For iGIS mapping, cemetery information, and road atlases, visit the county's GIS page.

As of January 1, 2020, the Circuit Court no longer accepts or processes applications for fictitious names. Interested applicants should instead apply directly through the State Corporation Commission.

A list of chancery accounts the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office is currently holding. This report is updated at the end of business day on the last day of each month. Different types of cases are in this report. You may look up the case numbers on the Virginia Judiciary System website to see if the cases apply to what you are looking for.

Our office is responsible for housing and maintaining certain historical records beginning with Fincastle County, for the period of 1773-1777, and Montgomery County, for the period of 1777 and continuing. These records include land records/deeds, property tax records, limited revolutionary and civil war records, free negro records, civil and chancery court records (lawsuits and divorces), marriages and estates.

We also have limited birth and death records which date from 1853 to 1868 - the period before and after the Civil War. Other birth and death records must be requested from the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Richmond.

Looking for a specific record in our archives?

Related links and Genealogy resources:

• Carol Newman Library at Virginia Tech
• Civil War manuscripts
• Giles County Historical Society
• Image base
• Library of Virginia: The State Library and Archives of Virginia
• Montgomery Museum of Art and History
• National Archives
• New River Notes
• Roots Web
• Special collections
• University of North Carolina - Documenting the American South
• University of North Carolina - Southern Historical Collection
• Social Explorer
• Wythe County Museum
• National Historical Geographic Information System

Creditors have the option to record General District rendered judgments in the Circuit Court Clerk’s office for a filing fee of $10. No cover sheet required.

• All judgments rendered in the Circuit Court will be docketed in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office.
• The Circuit Court Clerk's office does not report judgments to credit bureaus.
• All records are available for public use.
• Judgment creditors may use the Public Records Judgment Form to release judgments. There is no filing fee to file a release of judgment.

There are several ways to request copies of records retained by the Circuit Court (documents may not be emailed or faxed):

In person at the Clerk's Office weekdays from 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

The following forms of payment are accepted:

• Cash
• Money order
• Visa/Mastercard (with a 4% surcharge) 
• Pre-approved checks (must have phone number included; out of state checks or starter checks will not be accepted)

By mail

Provide as much information as possible in order to assist in researching your request. Use the record request form to assist in obtaining your documents. Include a self-addressed postage paid envelope for the return of your request.

Mail all requests to:

Tiffany M. Couch
Clerk, Montgomery County Circuit Court
55 East Main St., Suite 1
Christiansburg, VA 24073

Fees

• Copies are 50 cents per page
• Copies with certification are 50 cents per page with an additional $2 per document
• For out of state copies that require triple seal certification, the fee is 50 cents per page with an additional $6 per document

Financing statements are recorded among land records. All original filings, as well as amendments, continuations and terminations are also retained. Requirements to file:

• Form
• $20 per filing
• Logan Systems Inc. coversheet not required
• For a file-stamped copy, please enclose an additional copy along with a return address stamped envelope.

Probate of estates is by appointment only

The following information is needed prior to making an appointment:

• Original will (if applicable)
• Death certificate
• List of assets solely in decedent's name
• List of heirs-surviving spouse or next living descendant(s)

Please use the probate handout to assist in collecting the pertinent information.

After the information above is collected, please call 540-382-5760 option #4, to make an appointment.