Discovery and Inspection Order
For misdemeanor cases punishable by confinement in jail, in which the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office declines to represent the Commonwealth, and where the complainant is a Lynchburg Police Department (LPD) officer or other LPD representative, the Lynchburg City Attorney’s Office and Lynchburg Police Department have drafted a Discovery and Inspection Order form which may be used. This form must be filed in the City of Lynchburg General District Court Clerk’s Office to be signed by a judge AND DELIVERED to the LPD Records Unit through email at discoverylpd@lynchburgva.gov
Discovery shall be provided within the following timeframe(s):
- If this Order is entered by the Court and delivered to the Records Unit of the LPD as previously described at least twenty-one (21) days before the day fixed for trial, then the discovery detailed above shall be provided to counsel for the Defendant no later than seven (7) calendar days before trial.
- If this Order is entered by the Court and delivered to the Records Unit of the LPD as previously described at least ten (10) days, but less than twenty-one (21) days, before the day fixed for trial, then the discovery detailed above shall be delivered to counsel for the Defendant no later than thirty (30) minutes before trial.
Additional information is included on the Discovery and Inspection Order form.