An index of Arlington County public notices: County Board legal notices by month, statewide newspaper notices and how to comment. Questions: 703-228-3130.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Facts on this page come from Arlington County’s legal notices, About the County Board and Meetings and Agendas pages, and from the Virginia Press Association’s Public Notice Virginia.

This page is an index, not the official publication. Virginia law requires many public notices, from tax rate increases and rezonings to foreclosures and estate claims, to be published. The official version of a notice is the one published by the government body that issued it or in the newspaper that carried it. In Arlington, the Office of the County Board publishes notices of changes to the County Code, the Zoning Ordinance, the General Land Use Plan and land-use cases such as site plans, rezonings and use permits. Questions go to the County Board Office at 703-228-3130.

Who to call

  • County Board hearings, legal notices, the County Code: County Board Office, 703-228-3130, countyboard@arlingtonva.us; Clerk to the County Board Mason Kushnir
  • Planning case files (site plans, use permits): Permit Arlington Center, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 107
  • Election notices: Office of Voter Registration and Elections, 703-228-3456
  • Tax bills and delinquent taxes: Treasurer’s Office, 703-228-4000

The clerk posts each month’s notices on the county’s 2018 to present legal notices page. The October 2026 notices include:

  • A closed-session convocation of the County Board at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Room 307, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., published Oct. 7.
  • Cases for the Oct. 17 and 20 meetings, including use permit reviews at addresses on North Fillmore Street, Columbia Pike, Campbell Avenue, North Harrison Street, 7th Road South and South Fern Street; two encroachment ordinances for underground transformer vaults near Wilson Boulevard and 9th Street North; and zoning text amendments (ZOA-2026-04) on telecommunications facilities and other items.

Each notice lists the case number, address and real property code (RPC), and says where the materials can be read. Planning case files are available at the Permit Arlington Center, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and online on the county’s minor site plan and use permit applications page.

Get notices by email: subscribe to the county’s Public/Legal Notices list.

Search statewide newspaper notices

Public Notice Virginia gathers notices first published in Virginia newspapers and makes them searchable at no charge. Filter by locality to see Arlington notices. Its popular searches show what it carries:

  • annual treasurer’s reports
  • assessments and truth-in-taxation notices on tax rate increases
  • estate claims
  • foreclosures and tax deeds
  • prevailing wage notices
  • schedules of public meetings
  • Virginia Marine Resources Commission permits

County Board meetings

The County Board meets one Saturday and one Tuesday each month except August. It takes public comment on items not on the agenda on Saturday mornings and hears testimony on agenda items at each meeting. The October meetings were Saturday, Oct. 17, at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. Agendas, minutes and video back to 2003 are on the county’s meetings portal.

To comment: email countyboard@arlingtonva.us (comments become part of the public record), or sign up to speak online or by phone at 703-228-3130 starting the week before the meeting. Board members also hold Open Door Mondays on the first four Mondays of most months.

Other notices worth knowing

  • Election notices (sample ballots, polling place changes) come from the Office of Voter Registration and Elections. See our voting guide.
  • Tax rate hearings are advertised each spring before the budget is adopted. See our property tax guide.
  • Zoning and permit hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals are listed in our building permits and zoning guide.

Related guides: who to call at the county government and voting in Arlington County.

Frequently asked questions

The Clerk to the County Board posts the County Board’s legal notices by month on the county website, and Virginia newspapers’ notices are searchable free at publicnoticevirginia.com. The official notice is the one the county or the newspaper published.

How do I get Arlington County public notices by email?

Subscribe to the county’s Public/Legal Notices email list through its GovDelivery subscription page.

How do I comment on a rezoning or use permit in Arlington?

Email the County Board at countyboard@arlingtonva.us, or sign up to speak at the hearing online or by calling the County Board Office at 703-228-3130, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., starting the week before the meeting.