This website is a private reference resource, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, change a court date, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the agency contacts below for official help.
Where to Start for Smyth County Records
Smyth County does not run a separate county jail for the public inmate population. County arrestees and local jail inmates are routed through the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority, while sheriff-created arrest and incident records stay with the Smyth County Sheriff's Office and court case records are handled through the Virginia courts.
| Office | Use For | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Smyth County Sheriff's Office | Law-enforcement questions, sheriff records, non-emergency matters | 626 S. Main St., Marion, VA 24354 Non-emergency: 276-782-4056 Main hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
| Sheriff FOIA Officer | Sheriff-created arrest, incident, 911, personnel, or warrant-service records | Carly Greer crgreer@smythcounty.org 276-781-2349 |
| SWVRJA Abingdon Facility | Current jail custody, booking, housing, visit, phone, mail, commissary, and facility questions | 15205 Joe Derting Drive, Abingdon, VA 24210 276-739-3520 |
| SWVRJA FOIA | Regional-jail custody records, booking records, jail-created records, and facility records | Melissa White P.O. Box 279, Meadowview, VA 24361 mmwhite@swvrja.com Phone: 276-739-3520 Fax: 276-739-3534 |
| Smyth General District Court | Recent criminal and traffic cases, misdemeanors, preliminary felony matters, hearing dates | 109 West Main Street, Suite 1022, Marion, VA 24354-2534 276-782-4047 Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. |
| Smyth Circuit Court Clerk | Felony indictments, certified felonies, appeals, circuit criminal cases, and circuit records | 109 West Main St., Suite 1081, Marion, VA 24354 276-782-4044 Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Use these pages to match the question to the correct record source:
- For someone currently held in the regional jail system, start with jail inmate records and the SWVRJA roster path.
- For booking-photo questions, read jail roster mugshots before making a FOIA request.
- For charges, hearing dates, and dispositions after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility-specific visiting, phone, mail, or custody context, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Virginia prisoner, use the Virginia Department of Corrections inmate and supervisee locator rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal prisoners or immigration detainees, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.