Gloucester County, VA Property Records

Property records in Gloucester, Virginia document key details about real estate within the county, including ownership information, parcel boundaries, assessed values, tax data, legal descriptions, deeds, plats, and transfer history. These records are useful for buyers, sellers, property owners, researchers, attorneys, and lenders who need to verify ownership, review assessment information, estimate tax obligations, or research a property’s history. Official Gloucester property information is maintained through county offices such as the Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, and Clerk of the Circuit Court, depending on the type of record needed. Users can begin with the county’s online resources for assessments and parcel information through Gloucester County’s official property records search, or contact the appropriate county office for certified copies, recorded deeds, and other official land records.

Gloucester County, VA Property Records & Statistics

Gloucester County has a median rent of $1,105, above the Virginia figure of $985.25 and the national figure of $840.25. Renter-occupied housing makes up 28.06% of occupied homes, higher than the state's 23.24% and the national 21.81%, so the county has a larger renter population than is typical, though owners are still the majority.

The median home value is $276,350, above the state median of $233,300 and well above the national median of $173,750. The county's median property tax rate of 0.6% is lower than the Virginia rate of 0.65% and the national rate of 0.74%, which eases the yearly cost of owning a higher-priced home.

Median household income is $64,847.50, nearly identical to the state's $64,686 and slightly below the national $65,108. Incomes are about average while rents and home values run higher, which can make housing a larger share of household budgets. The unemployment rate of 2.43% is a bit below both the 2.58% state rate and the 2.87% national rate.

Taken together, the figures describe a county with above-average housing costs, a lower tax rate, typical incomes, a sizeable rental market, and slightly better-than-average employment.

Property Records, Assessments, and Valuations in Gloucester

Gloucester County property records cover tax assessments, recorded deeds and mortgages, property valuations, and foreclosure filings. The county has 25,109 total parcels, including 21,111 residential and 1,182 commercial parcels, and tax records cover 99.09% of the population for the 2024 assessment year. Recorded documents include 27,450 deeds and 28,784 mortgages, with valuation data available for 14,138 properties.

Assignment and Release Records

Assignment and release records track a mortgage after it is recorded. An assignment shows that a mortgage was transferred from one lender or loan holder to another, and a release shows that the loan was paid off and the lien removed from the property.

Gloucester County has 41,029 assignment and release records available for research. They include 3,867 assignment documents recorded from January 3, 2005, through August 25, 2025, and 37,145 release documents recorded from January 3, 2005, through August 26, 2025, along with 17 other documents.

For property research, these records help show who holds a mortgage and whether earlier loans were satisfied. Buyers, owners, and title researchers can use them to follow a loan across lenders, confirm that a past mortgage was released, or identify a lien that may still be open before a sale or refinance. The two decades of dates also make it easy to review a property's loan history over time.

How to Search Gloucester County, VA Property Records

Gloucester County property records are held by the Gloucester County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, which records deeds, mortgages, and other land documents, and by county offices that maintain assessments for the county's 25,109 parcels. Together they provide ownership, assessed values, tax information, and recorded transactions.

For information on recorded documents and clerk services, start with the Gloucester County Circuit Court Clerk resources page. For other county departments, including assessment and tax offices, visit the Gloucester County government website. The county's listed records search resource is the Gloucester County recorder of deeds directory.

The Clerk's Office is at 7400 Justice Dr., Gloucester, and is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Call 804-693-2502 with questions about a record.

To search, have the owner name, property address, or parcel number ready. Enter the most complete detail you have, review the results, and open the record that matches your property. Check recording dates on deeds and mortgages, and call the Clerk if an older document does not appear online.

Gloucester Registrar of Deeds

The Gloucester County Probate Office is located at 7400 Justice Dr., Gloucester, VA, 23061 and can be reached at 804-693-2502. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. Records can be accessed through countyoffices.com or the official website gloucesterva.gov.

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