Martinsville Sex Offender Registry
Martinsville is an independent city in Southside Virginia, surrounded by Henry County, and all registered sex offenders with a Martinsville address are listed in the Virginia State Police public registry. You can search by name, zip code, or address at no charge. This page covers how to search the Martinsville sex offender registry, how local law enforcement handles registrations, and what the law requires of offenders living or working in the city.
Martinsville Overview
Search the Martinsville Sex Offender Registry
The Virginia State Police registry is at sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor. The same data is at vspsor.com. Both are free and require no login.
To search Martinsville, use zip codes 24112, 24113, 24114, or 24115. You can also type the city name directly or enter a street address with a mile radius. Results show each registrant's name, photo, current address, date of birth, offense, and tier level. Martinsville has approximately 60 to 80 registered sex offenders based on current data. The database updates daily on weekdays.
The National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) is a free national tool that searches all 50 states at once. It is useful if you want to check whether someone has a prior registration from another state. The VSP registry also has a community notification sign-up, allowing you to receive email alerts when a registrant changes their address to one near a location you specify.
Contact the Virginia State Police Sex Offender Registry unit at (804) 674-2825 or sor.vsp@vsp.virginia.gov with any questions about specific listings or compliance concerns in Martinsville.
Martinsville Police Department
The Martinsville Police Department serves this independent city. The address is 55 W. Church Street, Martinsville, VA 24112. Non-emergency: (276) 638-8751. Chief E. Eddie Worth leads the department. The city police page is at martinsvilleva.gov/police-department. The department operates around the clock.
The Criminal Investigations Division handles sex crime cases. Officers work directly with the Virginia State Police on registration compliance for Martinsville offenders. Regular address verification checks are conducted. When an offender establishes a Martinsville address, the Police Department processes the registration data and forwards it to the State Police for the public registry.
Background checks and FOIA requests for police records go through the Records Section. For sex offender registry searches, use the Virginia State Police form SP-266. The department also handles fingerprinting for registry compliance purposes. Non-compliance concerns can be reported directly to the department by phone.
The Martinsville Police Department works closely with the Henry County Sheriff's Office. Offenders who move between the city and the surrounding county must update their registration within three days. Both agencies share compliance data with the Virginia State Police to prevent registry gaps across jurisdictions.
Henry County Sheriff's Office
The Henry County Sheriff's Office serves the area surrounding Martinsville. The office is at 3250 Kings Mountain Road, Martinsville, VA 24112. Non-emergency: (276) 638-8751. The Henry County Sheriff's Office handles sex offender registrations for county residents and maintains coordination with the Martinsville Police Department on compliance issues for the broader area.
Offenders who register in Martinsville and later move to Henry County, or vice versa, must update their address within three days. The two agencies communicate regularly to track these transitions and alert the Virginia State Police when registration updates are needed.
The Henry County Sheriff's Office website is at henrycountyva.gov/sheriff. The site provides law enforcement resources for the county, including links to sex offender registry information. For county residents with questions about registration requirements, the sheriff's office is the appropriate first contact.
Virginia Sex Offender Registration Requirements
Virginia's registration law is at Virginia Code Title 9.1, Chapter 9. Full statutory text is also at law.justia.com/codes/virginia/title-9-1/chapter-9. Three tiers determine how often a person must check in and for how long. Tier I: annual for 15 years. Tier II: annual for 25 years. Tier III: every 90 days for life.
Anyone with a qualifying conviction must register within three days of release from jail or prison, or within three days of sentencing if no jail time was ordered. Address changes must be reported within three days. Email and online username changes must be reported within 30 minutes. Leaving Virginia for more than 10 days requires advance notice to the State Police.
Non-compliance is a Class 1 misdemeanor for Tier I and Tier II offenders, with up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine. For Tier III offenders, it is a Class 6 felony carrying one to five years. Tier III offenders with child victims cannot live or work within 500 feet of a school, daycare, or similar facility anywhere in Virginia.
Note: Martinsville's offender count is moderate relative to its city size. Regular compliance checks by the Martinsville Police Department and coordination with Henry County help keep the registry accurate for this part of Southside Virginia.
What Registry Entries Show
Each entry in the Virginia registry shows the person's legal name, current address, photo, date of birth, tier level, offense, and next required check-in date. Work addresses are listed when the offender is employed at a location different from their home. Transient offenders without fixed addresses show a general area or last known location.
If a Martinsville listing looks wrong or an address seems outdated, report it to VSP at (804) 674-2825. The offender may have failed to report an address change, which is a violation of Virginia law. The Martinsville Police Department can also take a report directly.
The Virginia Department of Corrections offender locator at vadoc.virginia.gov/offenders/locator shows offenders in state prison. Local jail inmates are not listed there. Use it if you need to confirm whether someone with a Martinsville address is in state custody.
Martinsville Registry Images
The Virginia State Police Sex Offender Registry at sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor is the official source for all registered sex offenders in Martinsville. Search by zip codes 24112 through 24115.
The VSP alternate portal at vspsor.com provides a second access point for the Martinsville sex offender registry, covering all offenders registered with a city address alongside data from all 95 Virginia counties.
The National Sex Offender Public Website at nsopw.gov offers a national search that links directly to the Virginia State Police data for Martinsville and all other Virginia jurisdictions.
The NSOPW national search connects to Virginia State Police data and allows searches for Martinsville offenders alongside records from all 50 states, which is useful for checking cross-state registration histories.
County Information
Martinsville is an independent city in Virginia surrounded entirely by Henry County. Offenders who move between Martinsville and Henry County must update their registration within three days of any address change. Both jurisdictions report to the same Virginia State Police registry.
Nearby Virginia Cities
Use the link below to find sex offender registry information for cities near Martinsville.