General District Court Civil Forms
To print a form, use the browser's print feature.How to Fill Out Revisable PDF Forms Format of Forms
The following forms can be completed online and printed for submission to the court. The forms available for completion online are those typically completed and submitted by an attorney-represented or self-represented party to a case.
General District Court Criminal Court Forms also used in the Civil Court |
---|
Request for Witness
Subpoena [Form DC-325] Instructions |
Subpoena
Duces Tecum [Form DC-336] Instructions |
Notice
to Providers - Subpoena Duces Tecum for Medical Records [Form DC-350] Instructions |
Motion
to Reopen (Criminal)/Motion To Rehear (Civil)/Motion
For New Trial (Civil) [Form DC-368] |
Motion and Notice
of Hearing [Form DC-371] |
Petition
for Protective Order [Form DC-383] Instructions Information Sheet |
General District Court Eviction Diversion Pilot Program Forms (For Use in Danville, Hampton, Petersburg and Richmond Only) |
---|
Request for Referral [Form EDP-1] Instructions: For Use in Danville, Hampton, Petersburg and Richmond Only |
Landlord’s Notice of Nonpayment [Form EDP-3] Instructions: For Use in Danville, Hampton, Petersburg and Richmond Only |
Affidavit of Tenant in Response to Landlord’s Notice of Nonpayment [Form EDP-4] Instructions: For Use in Danville, Hampton, Petersburg and Richmond Only |
How to Fill Out Revisable PDF Forms
To fill out a form, open the form by clicking on it. All fields within the form that can be edited will be highlighted in grey. Click inside the first field you wish to edit. Some fields only allow one line within that particular field to be edited. Begin typing. Use your "Tab" key to navigate forward through the different fields. Use the "Shift" plus "Tab" keys together to go back. To print a form, use the browser's print feature. Deliver the printout to the appropriate court.
Format of Forms
These forms are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF documents. The Adobe Reader (free from Adobe) allows you to view, complete and print PDF documents.These forms are designed and tested to work with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and may not display or function correctly in browser specific PDF viewers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc.). If your browser doesn’t open PDFs with Acrobat Reader, download (save) the form and then open it using Acrobat Reader, rather than opening it within your browser.
All of our PDF files are tested prior to posting. If you have problems with a form, please review the troubleshooting information in Adobe's support knowledgebase. You may also contact the webmaster@vacourts.gov.