The clerk of the circuit court is a constitutional office, elected to an eight-year term in each county and city in Virginia and performs varied administrative functions for the judicial branch of the state at the local level in addition to many other duties as outlined in the Code of Virginia.
The King George Combined District Courts are comprised of Civil Divisions and Small Claims Court, Criminal, Domestic Relations, which includes Misdemeanors, Felonies, Capiases/Show Cause, Civil Support and Criminal Support, General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court which includes Juvenile Traffic, Delinquency, Custody/Visitation, and Status Offenses and Traffic.