Current Positions

Deputy Clerk I

A Deputy Clerk I at a Virginia Circuit Court is an entry-level administrative position that provides clerical and customer service support under the supervision of the Circuit Court Clerk or Chief Deputy Clerk.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Customer Service & Communication: Answers the telephone, greets visitors, assists attorneys, law enforcement, and the public, and responds to inquiries in person, by phone, or in writing.

Record Management & Filings: Processes, records, and files legal documents including judgments, marriage licenses, financial statements and military records (DD-214).
Financial & Cash Handling: Collects and receipts various court and recording fees, issues change, and balances cash drawers.
Specialized Applications: Assists in processing marriage licenses, passport applications, and issues oaths of office.
Courtroom & Administrative Support: Helps support courtroom proceedings (such as bench or jury trials), drafts routine correspondence and orders, scans/digitizes back-records, and operates case management software.
Division Training: Typically begins by training in a specific focus area—such as research in civil, criminal and deed records, public service, , or accounting.

Qualifications and Requirements
Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent (some localities prefer or require coursework, an associate/bachelor’s degree, or paralegal/legal assistant certification).
Experience: Generally, requires 1 to 3 years of general office, administrative support, or legal/clerical experience.
Skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, strong typing and data entry accuracy, basic arithmetic, and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
Special Requirements: Must pass a criminal background check and/or drug screening (salaries starting around $46,000 to 50,000 per year).

Will be accepting applications through 11/23/2026.



Online Application Form

    EDUCATION

    Check highest grade completed

    If you did not complete high school, do you have a high school equivalency diploma?

    Check number of years of post high school education?

    EXPERIENCE

    Use Supplementary Experience Form(s) for additional space. Starting with the most recent, describe ALL paid, military and applicable voluntary experience. Highlight your knowledge, skills and abilities which best demonstrate your qualifications for this position. You may list significally different jobs within the same organization as separate items.

    May we contact your present supervisor?

    License (to include driver's), certificate or other authorization to practice a trade or profession.

    REFERENCES

    List names, addresses and relationships of three persons not related to you who know your qualifications:

    MISCELLANEOUS

    For purposes of compliance with The Immigration Reform and Control Act, are you legally eligible for employment in the united States?

    Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, you will be required to fill out a certification verifying that you are eligible to be employed and verifying your identify. Further, you will be required to provide documentation to that effect should you be employed.

    Section 2.2-2804 of the Code of Virginia prohibits any board, commission, department, agency, institution or instrumentality of the Commonwealth from employing a person who required to present himself and submit to federal Selective Service registration requirement and failed to do so.

    If you are/were required to register for the Selective Service, have you done so?

    *Convictions include Virginia juvenile adjudications for Capital Murder, First and Second Degree Murder, Lynching, or Aggravated Malicious Wounding, if you were age fourteen (14) to eighteen (18) when charged.

    CERTIFICATION -- Each Application Requires Current Date and Original Signature

    I hereby certify that all entries on both sides and attachments are true and complete, and I agree and understand that any falsification of information herein, regardless of time of discovery, may cause forfeiture on my part of any employment in the service of the Clerk of Norfolk Circuit Court. I understand that all information on this application is subject to verification and I consent to criminal history background checks. I also consent that you may contact references, former employers and educational institutions listed regarding this application. I further authorize the Clerk to rely upon and use, as it sees fit, any information received from such contacts. Information contained on this application may be disseminated to other agencies, nongovermental organizations or systems on a need-to-know basis for good cause shown as determined by the Clerk or Chief Deputy.