What is a superior court clerk? Superior court clerks have been around since the inception of the State of Georgia. "Clerk of Court" is one of four elected county offices created by the Georgia Constitution. Each of Georgia’s 159 counties has one. Clerks are the official record keepers of the county—they receive and maintain criminal and civil court filings and serve as custodian of county land and property records.
For fiscal year 2018, the Clerks of Superior Court paid $76,787,961.40 into 30 funds and accounts, including but not limited to: the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, the Local Crime Victims Compensation Fund, and the Peace Officers Annuity and Benefit Fund. Click the title of this piece to learn more!
Clerks transmit all protective orders received in their office to the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC), a division within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). In doing this, Clerks help to enhance victim safety by providing law enforcement and prosecuting attorneys access to these issued orders. This information is also used to help identify and prevent individuals federally prohibited from purchasing a firearm from doing so. [Source: OCGA § 19-13-53]
On May 6, 2019, HB 288 was signed by Governor Brian Kemp. As such, please be aware of the following filing fee changes that will become effective on January 1, 2020. $25.00 filing fee for deeds, financing statements and liens (with the exception of local and state tax liens) and removes cross indexing and additional page fees. $25.00 filing fee for each requested instrument to be canceled, satisfied, released, or assigned and removes cross indexing and additional page fees. $5.00 filing fee for local and state tax liens, a $2.00 fee for each reference to a previously filed tax lien and a $2.00 fee for each additional page. * $10.00 filing fee per page for plats.
Congratulations to Tammie Mosley, CSC of Chatham County, for being appointed to the Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority Board by the executive board of the Clerks' Council!