The Clerk's Office fulfills requests for searches and certified and noncertified copies of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and federal tax lien documents. Search for Virginia Lien records.Explore the types of liens, such as tax liens and judgment liens. In Virginia, a property lien can be used to collect a court judgment. Here's how it works. The general rule, as stated above, is that judgments last for 20 years from the date of the judgment once docketed in the Circuit Court records. The clerk shall record in the proper book any judgment confessed under the provisions of § 8.01-432 and the day and hour when the same was confessed. This book continues to be the go-to reference manual for anyone seeking to enforce a judgment or lien in Virginia. Call the Clerk of Circuit Court's Criminal Office at 703-792-6031 for criminal judgments, or the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney for all other judgments. Fairfax County, Virginia - Information on what to do after winning a judgment in the Civil Division of Fairfax County General District Court.