Find Your Courtroom in Prince William General District Court

Your courtroom assignment is not on your summons or any of the paperwork you received in the jail.

Find your courtroom assignment online

If your case is in General District Court you can look up your courtroom assignment the day before court by going online and looking up your case (see video above). This same website will also tell you the time and date of your court hearing, your attorney’s name, your officer’s name, the outcome of your case, and you can pay your fines and court costs online there as well.

Find your courtroom assignment while at the courthouse

The Prince William County / Manassas General District Court is on the second floor of the Courthouse.  In front of the elevators on the second floor, there are large LCD screen mounted on the wall. Those screen will list the defendant’s names and their courtroom assignments.  next to those screen there is also an info desk, and a very nice lady there can also look up your case. The info desk also maintain printed lists of all the courtroom assignments.

However in less than a month we will lose Judge Smith and Judge Hudson to the PWC Circuit Court.

This means that in about a month, all of our General District Court judges will been on the bench for less than two years.

It is pleasant to see the changes in our court system as each new judge leaves their mark, and tries to make the court work and run better. A lot has changed and a lot is going to change very soon.

Our current General District Court judges are:

• Hon. William E. Jarvis, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
• Hon. Wallace Semeon Covington III, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Tracy Calvin Hudson, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Steven S. Smith, Presiding Judge