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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2024 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Registration&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-______</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><I> </I><B> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BLUE RIDGE BANKSHARES, INC. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Virginia</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">54-1838100</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1801 Bayberry Court</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 101</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Richmond,
  Virginia</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>23226</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>G. William Beale </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Financial Officer </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 101 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Richmond, Virginia 23226 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(888) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">331-6521</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B></B><B><I>With copies to:</I></B><B> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Scott H. Richter </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Williams Mullen </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200
  South 10<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Street, Suite 1600 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Richmond, Virginia 23219 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(804)&nbsp;420-6000</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-accelerated&nbsp;filer,</FONT> a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting
  company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
  transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-272801)</FONT> registering the issuance of 850,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock under the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. 2023 Stock
  Incentive Plan (the &#147;2023 Plan&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;10, 2024, the Company&#146;s shareholders approved an amendment and
  restatement of the 2023 Plan that, among other things, increased the number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock that may be issued under the 2023 Plan by 4,000,000 shares. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
  &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed by the Company for the purpose of registering the issuance of an additional 4,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common
  stock under the 2023 Plan. The content contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-272801)</FONT> is hereby incorporated by
  reference pursuant to General Instruction E, except as supplemented by the information set forth below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Part I </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the
  Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Part II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, to the extent that such documents are considered filed with the Commission: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000095017024032267/brbs-20231231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;15, 2024 (the &#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K&#148;).</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Amendment No.&nbsp;
  1 to the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524122209/d819189d10ka.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A>, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2024.
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarters
  ended March&nbsp;31, 2024 and June&nbsp;30, 2024, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000095017024055532/brbs-20240331.htm">May&nbsp;
  8, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000095017024091820/brbs-20240630.htm">August&nbsp;6, 2024</A>, respectively. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the
  Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524237643/d850942d8k.htm">October&nbsp;
  15, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524216647/d879014d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
  10, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000095017024088681/brbs-20240731.htm">July&nbsp;
  31, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524172406/d843989d8k.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
  28, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524167056/d859894d8k.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
  24, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524161712/d810744d8k.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
  14, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524158758/d828101d8k.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
  11, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524088085/d818821d8k.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
  5, 2024</A> (as amended on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000095017024081619/brbs-20240401.htm">July<U></U>&nbsp;
  3, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524166972/d803183d8ka.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
  24, 2024</A>), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524086088/d820926d8k.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
  3, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524062311/d809842d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
  7, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524015560/d870968d8k.htm">January<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2024</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, no par value, contained in its Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312519317593/d850390d8a12b.htm">Form
  <U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-A</FONT></A>, filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;18, 2019, as the description therein has been updated and superseded by the description of its common stock contained in&nbsp;
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000095017023007265/brbs-ex4_4.htm">Exhibit 4.4</A>&nbsp;to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> and including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any portion of these documents that has been furnished to and deemed not to be filed with the Commission) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
  sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of
  Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to which the Company is incorporated permit it to indemnify its officers and directors
  against certain liabilities with the approval of its shareholders. The articles of incorporation of the Company, which have been approved by its shareholders, provide for the indemnification of each director and officer (including former directors
  and officers and each person who may have served at the request of the Company as a director or officer of any other legal entity and, in all such cases, his or her heirs, executors and administrators) against liabilities (including expenses)
  reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be made party by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the Company, except in relation to
  any action, suit or proceeding in which he or she has been adjudged liable because of willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has purchased officers&#146; and directors&#146; liability insurance policies. Within the limits of their coverage, the policies
  insure (1)&nbsp;the directors and officers of the Company against certain losses resulting from claims against them in their capacities as directors and officers to the extent that such losses are not indemnified by the Company and (2)&nbsp;the
  Company to the extent that it indemnifies such directors and officers for losses as permitted under the laws of Virginia. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Virginia
  Stock Corporation Act establishes a statutory limit on liability of directors and officers of a corporation for damages assessed against them in a suit brought by or in the right of the corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the
  corporation and authorizes a corporation to specify a lower monetary limit on liability (including the elimination of liability for monetary damages) in the corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or bylaws; however, the liability of a director
  or officer shall not be limited if such officer or director engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or of any federal or state securities law. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312516594715/d175168dex1a2acharter.htm">Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., as amended through August<U></U>&nbsp;
  16, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;1-A</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;Offering Statement filed May<U></U>&nbsp;19, 2016). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312519216988/d748848dex32.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated June<U></U>&nbsp;
  27, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;S-4</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on August<U></U>&nbsp;8, 2019). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312520189339/d80619dex31.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated July<U></U>&nbsp;
  7, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on July<U></U>&nbsp;8, 2020). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.4</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312522185105/d370648dex31.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated June<U></U>&nbsp;
  23, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on June<U></U>&nbsp;29, 2022). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.5</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524088085/d818821dex31.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated April<U></U>&nbsp;
  2, 2024, creating the Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
  8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on April<U></U>&nbsp;5, 2024). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.6</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524088085/d818821dex32.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated April<U></U>&nbsp;
  2, 2024, creating the Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
  8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on April<U></U>&nbsp;5, 2024). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.7</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524167056/d859894dex31.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated June<U></U>&nbsp;
  20, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on June<U></U>&nbsp;24, 2024). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.8</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312521024742/d124286dex32.htm">Bylaws of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., as amended and restated January<U></U>&nbsp;
  31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-K</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on February<U></U>&nbsp;1, 2021). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.9</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842717/000119312524210375/d530217ddef14a.htm">Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy Statement for
  the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on October&nbsp;10, 2024, filed on August&nbsp;30, 2024). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d902753dex51.htm">Opinion of Williams Mullen.* </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d902753dex51.htm">Consent of Williams Mullen (included in Exhibit 5.1).* </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d902753dex232.htm">Consent of Elliott Davis, PLLC.* </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney of Directors and Officers (included on signature page). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d902753dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table.* </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;9. Undertakings. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
  effective registration statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
  not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
  director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
  will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;and</FONT> has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Henrico County,
  Commonwealth of Virginia, on October&nbsp;25, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ G. William Beale</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">G. William Beale</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive
  Officer</P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed
  by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints G. William Beale and Judy C. Gavant, and each of them singly, as his or her true and lawful <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
  amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, hereby ratifying and confirming such person&#146;s signature as it may be signed by said attorneys to any and all amendments. </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ G. William Beale</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Heather M. Cozart</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Elizabeth H. Crowther</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Otis S. Jones</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ciaran McMullan</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Trevor Montano</P></TD></TR>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2024
  Registration No. 333-______
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  BLUE RIDGE BANKSHARES, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Virginia
  54-1838100
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  1801 Bayberry Court
  Suite 101
  Richmond,
  Virginia
  23226
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.
  Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  G. William Beale
  President and Chief Financial Officer
  Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.
  1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 101
  Richmond, Virginia 23226
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (888)
  331-6521
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  With copies to:
  Scott H. Richter
  Williams Mullen
  200
  South 10
  th
  Street, Suite 1600
  Richmond, Virginia 23219
  (804) 420-6000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
  a non-accelerated filer,
  a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting
  company," and "emerging growth company"
  in Rule 12b-2 of
  the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☒
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☒
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
  transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  Explanatory Note
  Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company") previously filed a Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (Registration
  No. 333-272801)
  registering the issuance of 850,000 shares of the Company's common stock under the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. 2023 Stock
  Incentive Plan (the "2023 Plan").
  On October 10, 2024, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment and
  restatement of the 2023 Plan that, among other things, increased the number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be issued under the 2023 Plan by 4,000,000 shares.
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
  S-8
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
  "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  is being filed by the Company for the purpose of registering the issuance of an additional 4,000,000 shares of the Company's common
  stock under the 2023 Plan. The content contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (Registration
  No. 333-272801)
  is hereby incorporated by
  reference pursuant to General Instruction E, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.
  Part I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the
  Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission.
  Part II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, to the extent that such documents are considered filed with the Commission:
  (a)
  The Company's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2024 (the "Form
  10-K").
  (b)
  Amendment No. 
  1 to the
  Form
  10-K
  , filed with the Commission on April 29, 2024.
  (c)
  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form
  10-Q
  for the quarters
  ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on
  May 
  8, 2024
  and
  August 6, 2024
  , respectively.
  (d)
  The Company's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the
  Commission on
  October 
  15, 2024
  ,
  September 
  10, 2024
  ,
  July 
  31, 2024
  ,
  June
  28, 2024
  ,
  June
  24, 2024
  ,
  June
  14, 2024
  ,
  June
  11, 2024
  ,
  April
  5, 2024
  (as amended on
  July
  3, 2024
  and
  June
  24, 2024
  ),
  April
  3, 2024
  ,
  March
  7, 2024
  and
  January
  25, 2024
  .
  (e)
  The description of the Company's common stock, no par value, contained in its Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  , filed with the SEC on December 18, 2019, as the description therein has been updated and superseded by the description of its common stock contained in
  Exhibit 4.4
  to the Form
  10-K,
  and including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.
  2
  All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any portion of these documents that has been furnished to and deemed not to be filed with the Commission) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
  sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of
  Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to which the Company is incorporated permit it to indemnify its officers and directors
  against certain liabilities with the approval of its shareholders. The articles of incorporation of the Company, which have been approved by its shareholders, provide for the indemnification of each director and officer (including former directors
  and officers and each person who may have served at the request of the Company as a director or officer of any other legal entity and, in all such cases, his or her heirs, executors and administrators) against liabilities (including expenses)
  reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be made party by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the Company, except in relation to
  any action, suit or proceeding in which he or she has been adjudged liable because of willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law.
  The Company has purchased officers' and directors' liability insurance policies. Within the limits of their coverage, the policies
  insure (1) the directors and officers of the Company against certain losses resulting from claims against them in their capacities as directors and officers to the extent that such losses are not indemnified by the Company and (2) the
  Company to the extent that it indemnifies such directors and officers for losses as permitted under the laws of Virginia.
  The Virginia
  Stock Corporation Act establishes a statutory limit on liability of directors and officers of a corporation for damages assessed against them in a suit brought by or in the right of the corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the
  corporation and authorizes a corporation to specify a lower monetary limit on liability (including the elimination of liability for monetary damages) in the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws; however, the liability of a director
  or officer shall not be limited if such officer or director engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or of any federal or state securities law.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., as amended through August
  16, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Form
  1-A
  Offering Statement filed May
  19, 2016).
  4.2
  Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated June
  27, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form
  S-4
  filed on August
  8, 2019).
  4.3
  Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated July
  7, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on July
  8, 2020).
  4.4
  Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated June
  23, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on June
  29, 2022).
  4.5
  Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated April
  2, 2024, creating the Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on April
  5, 2024).
  4.6
  Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated April
  2, 2024, creating the Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on April
  5, 2024).
  4.7
  Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., dated June
  20, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on June
  24, 2024).
  4.8
  Bylaws of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., as amended and restated January
  31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.'s Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on February
  1, 2021).
  4.9
  Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Proxy Statement for
  the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on October 10, 2024, filed on August 30, 2024).
  5.1
  Opinion of Williams Mullen.*
  23.1
  Consent of Williams Mullen (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
  23.2
  Consent of Elliott Davis, PLLC.*
  24
  Powers of Attorney of Directors and Officers (included on signature page).
  107
  Filing Fee Table.*
  *
  Filed herewith.
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  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
  effective registration statement; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
  not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
  director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
  will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on
  Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Henrico County,
  Commonwealth of Virginia, on October 25, 2024.
  Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ G. William Beale
  G. William Beale
  President and Chief Executive
  Officer
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed
  by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints G. William Beale and Judy C. Gavant, and each of them singly, as his or her true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
  amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, hereby ratifying and confirming such person's signature as it may be signed by said attorneys to any and all amendments.
  Date
  Signature
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ G. William Beale
  G. William Beale, President and Chief Executive Officer
  and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Judy C. Gavant
  Judy C. Gavant, Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Brett E. Raynor
  Brett E. Raynor, Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Hunter H. Bost
  Hunter H. Bost, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Heather M. Cozart
  Heather M. Cozart, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Elizabeth H. Crowther
  Elizabeth H. Crowther, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Otis S. Jones
  Otis S. Jones, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Ciaran McMullan
  Ciaran McMullan, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Trevor Montano
  Trevor Montano, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Julien G. Patterson
  Julien G. Patterson, Director
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  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr.
  Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr., Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Anthony R. Scavuzzo
  Anthony R. Scavuzzo, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Vance H. Spilman
  Vance H. Spilman, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ William W. Stokes
  William W. Stokes, Director
  October 25, 2024
  /s/ Carolyn J. Woodruff
  Carolyn J. Woodruff, Director
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