Active · Investigation · Reviewed October 11, 2026
Courthouse access: device rules and sensitive records
Review courthouse device policies, access restrictions and redaction of released records.
Overview
Compare the courthouse access policy, remote-access terms and records-release practices. Review the corrective response to sensitive identifiers in released material.
Source notes
Private identifiers from the original releases are excluded from the public file.
3 of 3 reviewed records. Source links and release indexes are identified separately from archived copies.
Source link · Date not specified
Newport News Circuit Court Clerk — secure remote access subscriber agreement
Public agreement explaining land-record access subscriptions, responsibilities, fees and usage restrictions.
Source link · August 11, 2026
Courthouse cellphone lockers — Sheriff asset-forfeiture appropriation — Resolution 14003-26
Resolution appropriating Sheriff’s Office asset-forfeiture funds for replacement courthouse cellphone lockers.
Archived file · July 27, 2026
Circuit Court Clerk — APA release and privacy follow-up correspondence
Records-release correspondence and a follow-up about private identifiers in court financial records, including a request not to publish driver-license numbers.
Timeline
Document dates, oldest first. These are not verified event dates; undated records appear last.
Supporting-record chronology
July 27, 2026 · Document date
Circuit Court Clerk — APA release and privacy follow-up correspondence
August 11, 2026 · Document date
Courthouse cellphone lockers — Sheriff asset-forfeiture appropriation — Resolution 14003-26
Document date not established
Newport News Circuit Court Clerk — secure remote access subscriber agreement
News story
No resulting news story is currently linked and published.
Open questions
Records still needed (2)
Access-policy history
Operative device and access policies, notices and implementation records.
Likely custodian: Sheriff’s Office; Circuit Court Clerk
Establish the rules applied to visitors.
Submit this recordRelease-review procedures
Redaction procedures, corrective correspondence and access-control changes.
Likely custodian: Sheriff’s Office; Circuit Court Clerk
Determine how sensitive records were protected.
Submit this record