I live in Fairfax County and want to make sure my ex-husband's name is off the house.:)

Call your local Recorder's Office and ask them who is on your deed at the present time. They will know.

Well for him to be off the deed, did you have him sign over a new deed and then you take it to the court house and file it?

It does not happen by magic ? To be honest if it was done you should have been the one doing it.