If you live in Harrisonburg, your Virginia homestead deed is recorded with the Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office. Harrisonburg City and Rockingham County share a single, combined Clerk’s Office — unlike some other Virginia city/county pairs, there’s no separate city clerk to worry about.
Where to File (Serves Harrisonburg City and Rockingham County)
- Office: Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
- Address: 80 Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
- Phone: 540-564-3111
Filing Fees
No homestead-deed-specific fee is published online for this office. Virginia’s statewide schedule applies to a typical filing of 10 pages or fewer: $18 (Va. Code § 17.1-275) plus a $5 Technology Trust Fund fee (Va. Code § 17.1-279), for roughly $23 total. Confirm the exact current total with the Clerk’s Office before filing.
Get Your Homestead Deed Prepared Correctly
We prepare Virginia homestead deeds that meet the Commonwealth’s specific format and content requirements, so you can file with confidence in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County.
Not your city or county? See the full list of where to file in Virginia, or prepare your homestead deed online.
Related Reading
Once recorded, the deadline to request your exemption hearing runs separately from the recording itself — see When to File Your Virginia Homestead Deed, and Will Filing a Homestead Deed Stop My Garnishment? for what a homestead deed does and doesn’t do once a garnishment is already underway.