Wise County & City of Norton Commonwealth Attorney's Office
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Wise County/Norton Commonwealth's Attorney's Office

The Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for Wise County and the City of Norton is pleased to provide information to the citizens of Wise County and the City of Norton concerning the services our office provides and how criminal cases are prosecuted.


We look forward to serving the citizens of Wise County and the City of Norton and encourage you to contact our office at any time should you need assistance with a criminal case. Our door is always open!

We are in the process of converting to a digital law office that uses a paperLESS file system. Keep track of our progress by checking our digital office blog in the links to the left.





Most Recent Press Releases

25 Years for Robbery, 12 Years for Assisting
Released: June 25, 2010

Interested in the New Criminal Law Changes Coming in July?
Released: May 14, 2010
Ken has a great summary HERE. Specifically of interest are: Va. Code Section 54.1-3420.1: Pharmacists have to keep track of who is getting schedule II drugs and keep it for a year. AND Va. Code Section 18.2-308: It is not illegal to have a concealed firearm in a car if it is locked in a compartment or a container.

Social Networking and Internet Safety for Parents Class Announced
Released: April 08, 2010
The Wise County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office is pleased to announce our first Social Networking and Internet Safety class, which is open to the public to attend. Parents, teachers, and anyone else interested in learning more about how to keep children and themselves safe while using the internet are encouraged to attend. In today's technologically sophisticated world, and with internet related crime on the rise, the Wise County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office understands the importance of promoting safe internet use and is providing this class free of charge as a public service.

FDA Approves New Version of Oxycontin
Released: April 06, 2010
The FDA has approved a new version of Oxycontin that is supposedly harder to abuse. Let's hope this holds true. You can read about it by HERE. Thanks for Brian Patton for the tip.