Services Provided by Clerk’s Office

The Office of the Clerk of Courts of Long County, Georgia, is staffed and structured into divisions to provide:

• Clerical, administrative and support services to the four courts the office serves.
• Management of real estate and personal property records of the county
• Additional services required by law and as a courtesy to the citizenry of the county.

The three divisions of the office are listed below. Select from the following to view specific services.

The Office of the Clerk of Courts accepts cash and credit card payments for services provided by the office or for fines and misdemeanor bonds. When credit card payments are made, a surcharge is assessed pursuant to Georgia law for the merchant fee charged to the office. The following types of credit cards are accepted:

BUSINESS/ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Long County Courthouse
459 S. McDonald Street
Ludowici, Georgia 31316
Telephone: 912-545-2123

The Business/Administrative Division of the Office of the Clerk of Courts of Long County provides many auxiliary services. Primarily this division is responsible for administration of the office and accounting for all funds paid into the registries of the courts it serves. Other services provided by the division are:

• Charters (corporate) — filing not required with the Office of the Secretary of the State of Georgia.
• Corporations (articles of) — for corporations not required to be filed with the Office of the Secretary of the State of Georgia; also, the Office provides computer access to the Georgia On-Line (GO) Network Corporation database, providing a statewide listing of all corporations and their officers. Other information is available from the Office of the Secretary of State Corporation Division at www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations.
• Jury Management — maintaining and managing all jury pool information for the county, summoning and notifying jurors, and managing juries during jury selection and trials.
• Notary Public — issuing and approving all applications for notary public for citizens of Liberty County.
• Partnerships — filing and maintaining all records for partnerships within the county.
• Trade Names — filing and maintaining all records.
• Veteran’s Military Records. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-72 provides the clerk of superior court shall record and index the discharge certificates of all former members of the armed services of the United States residing in the county, showing their discharge from military service. In order to retrieve a copy of the filed DD-214, identification of the veteran must be shown when requesting a certified copy.

PROPERTY DIVISION
Long County Courthouse
459 S. McDonald Street
Ludowici, Georgia 31313
Telephone: 912-545-2123

The Property Division is responsible for receiving, recording, processing, indexing and reproducing all records for land (real estate) and personal property bought, sold, or otherwise conveyed or encumbered in Liberty County. The following records are maintained permanently by the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, copies of which may be obtained by any citizen:

JUDICIAL DIVISION
Long County Courthouse
459 S. McDonald Street
Ludowici, Georgia 31316
Telephone: 912-545-2123

The Judicial Division serves the following courts:

Superior Court                                State Court                                 Juvenile Court

The Division is responsible for receiving, filing, storing, and retrieving civil and criminal court records for Superior Court and State Court.  The division is also responsible for managing juvenile court records. All records are open for public inspection and copying except juvenile court records, to which access is limited to juvenile intake and probation officers and officers of the juvenile court (judges, clerk and clerk’s staff). The division provides support for each court through management of records and attendance during all court proceedings. Records available through the division are: