Information You Enter on the Roanoke City Guide
Search Queries
When you enter a name or date of birth in a third-party search feature, the information is sent to the company operating that feature so it can process the request. Its collection and retention rules apply to that submission. This guide does not maintain a Roanoke City warrant database, and the search form is not a direct connection to the Roanoke City General District Court, Circuit Court, or Sheriff's Office. We do not store or log the terms entered into the partner form on our end.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us or send a contact message, we retain the message and the contact details you provide long enough to review and answer it. Avoid sending a Social Security number, birth date, case number, or details about a sensitive legal matter unless needed to describe a correction. A message to this site is not a filing, FOIA request, warrant inquiry, or communication to a court. Contact the City or the correct clerk directly for those purposes.
Technical Visit Information and Cookies
When a page loads, the site and its service providers may receive ordinary technical information about the visit. That information can include:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Which browser you are using and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you visited and how long you stayed on each
- The site that sent you here, if any
- Timestamps for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files that a website or its service provider can store in a browser. They may support basic page functions or aggregate usage measures, such as which pages are visited and where visitors leave. Browser controls let you block or remove cookies, although a setting may affect site functions. Advertising and analytics vendors can apply their own identifiers; consult their privacy disclosures for how those tools work.
Why the Site Uses Visit and Contact Data
- Maintaining page delivery, security, and basic performance
- Forwarding an optional third-party search request to the provider you selected
- Seeing which Roanoke City guidance pages visitors use so the guide can be improved
- Diagnosing display problems, broken links, and other technical faults
- Supporting advertising or analytics features that may appear on the site
These purposes do not give us authority to access official case records. For example, the Virginia Online Case Information System is maintained by the courts. A visit there is governed by Virginia's system and its notices, not this site's policy.
Visitor Information Is Separate from Warrant Records
This website does not host, maintain, compile, or sell Roanoke City warrant records or personal warrant dossiers. Information a visitor enters in a search feature is distinct from a court's case file. Roanoke City is an independent city, and its General District, Circuit, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts keep their own records. The court portal can show public case information, but it is not a live warrant roster. The Sheriff and police also control their own files. We are not a consumer reporting agency, and visitor data is not assembled here into consumer reports about other people.
Outside Search Providers and Court Portals
Any search box supplied by an outside company uses that provider's service and privacy terms. We do not control what data the provider requests, how long it keeps it, or whether it shares it as described in its own policy. Read the provider's terms before entering personal information. A different outside destination is the official Virginia Online Case Information System, which provides public court case information rather than a searchable active-warrant list. Its data and privacy notices belong to the courts.
Do not assume that a partner search result is an official Roanoke City record. For case-specific questions, contact the clerk listed on the relevant court's official page.
When You Leave for a Public Office Website
We link to official court and law-enforcement pages so readers can confirm procedures with the office responsible for them. For example, the Roanoke City Sheriff's Office describes its local services, while the Roanoke City Police Department provides its own public information and contact routes. Those pages use their operators' policies. A click may also disclose ordinary referral information to the destination site.
Advertising partners may use cookies or other technologies under their own policies. This site cannot change how an external court portal, city page, law-enforcement page, or ad network handles information after you leave.
Service Providers That May Process Site Data
We do not sell personal data. Depending on which features are active, limited technical or submitted information may be handled by:
- The search company that receives an optional query submitted through its box
- Hosting, security, or analytics providers supporting the website
- Advertising services, if an ad feature is served on the page
- A government authority if a valid legal demand requires disclosure
These service providers are not the keepers of Roanoke City court files by virtue of appearing on this site. A request for an official record must go to the clerk or public office holding it.
Safeguards and Practical Limits
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information handled by this site, but no internet service can guarantee perfect security. A message sent by email can pass through several systems outside our control. Keep inquiries focused and do not include details that are not needed for the question. If you need to send legal paperwork or request a police report, follow the receiving office's published process instead.
Children and Teen Visitors
This reference site is intended for adults and is not designed to collect personal information from children. If a parent or guardian believes a child has sent us personal data, use the site's contact route and identify the message so we can review it. A contact request about this site does not change any official record or court matter.
Requests About Personal Information
Virginia's Consumer Data Protection Act, Code of Virginia § 59.1-575 et seq., provides certain consumer rights where its scope and definitions apply. Coverage depends on statutory conditions, so this page does not promise that every visitor or data practice qualifies. You may contact us to ask what information we hold about your message or to request a correction or deletion where appropriate. The statute is available from the Virginia Code.
- Ask whether we retain a message or related contact information
- Request correction of inaccurate contact information
- Ask us to delete information when retention is no longer needed
- Raise a privacy concern about an optional site feature
We may need enough detail to identify the message and verify that a request concerns your own information. Search queries sent directly to an outside provider must be addressed to that provider. Requests for public court or police records belong with the relevant government office.
Policy Revisions and Effective Date
We may revise this notice when site features or data practices change. The current wording appears on this page; consult it again before submitting a contact message or using an optional search feature. A revised policy applies prospectively from its stated effective date and does not change how an official Roanoke City office manages its own records.
Effective date: September 24, 2026