Eastern Lab

The Eastern Laboratory employs a staff of about 40 to provide the following services:

Controlled Substances
Firearms & Toolmarks
Forensic Biology
Forensic Toxicology
Latent Prints
Questioned Documents
Trace Evidence

The Eastern Laboratory is located in the heart of Hampton Roads near the waterfront in downtown Norfolk.

The laboratory is a modern, full-service forensic laboratory and occupies the entire fourth floor (over 32,000 sq. ft. of space) in the Norfolk Public Health Building, completed in 1999. The lab is adjacent to a medical complex that includes the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and two major hospitals: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters. The Tidewater Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is co-located in this building and nearby is the NCIS Forensic Laboratory located at Naval Base, Norfolk.

Mailing Address:

830 Southampton Avenue
Suite 400
Norfolk, VA 23510-1028

Telephone:

757.683.8327

Fax:

757.683.8830

E-mail:

eastern@dfs.virginia.gov