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About the Forsyth County Clerk's Office

Forsyth County uses a unified Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Courts rather than separate district and county clerks. Greg G. Allen is the elected Clerk. The office is described by the Clerk as the official keeper of records for Superior Court and State Court filings in Forsyth County, including the Traffic Violations Bureau, and as custodian and protector of land and property records.

The Clerk also supports Juvenile Court operations, manages trial and grand juries, approves Notaries Public, registers trade names, and provides oversight or support for the Board of Tax Equalization. For case-copy work, the Clerk's first-floor office at the Forsyth County Courthouse is the local record point, while electronic certified copies are routed through the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority eCertification portal.

The Clerk explains the office's local duties on the official role page at forsythclerk.com.

That source is useful because it separates court-file custody from the Clerk's other county functions, including land records, juries, notaries, trade names, and tax equalization support.

What the Clerk Does in Forsyth County

The Clerk's office is divided into Accounting, Board of Equalization, Juvenile Court, Superior and State Court Civil, Superior Court Criminal, and State Court Criminal / Traffic Citations. The civil division maintains Superior and State Court civil files, including divorce, adoption, garnishments, complaints, and related pleadings. State Court criminal and traffic citation matters are handled through the Clerk's traffic and criminal division.

• Maintains Superior Court and State Court filings, docket entries, orders, judgments, and copy access for eligible public files.
• Processes traffic citation payments and State Court criminal records through the Traffic Violations Bureau.
• Records deeds, plats, condominium floor plans, UCC filings, General Execution Docket entries, liens, and military discharge records.
• Supports juries, notaries, trade names, Juvenile Court operations, and Board of Equalization work.

Records the Clerk does not hold should be routed to the correct custodian. Probate Court handles estates, guardianships, conservatorships, marriage licenses, firearms applications, vital records, and passports. Magistrate Court handles small civil claims, dispossessory matters, warrant functions, preliminary hearings, and other limited matters. The Sheriff's Office holds law-enforcement, jail, incident, arrest, and warrant-service records. Municipal courts handle city ordinance and municipal traffic matters.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified court copy is used when a filed record must carry the Clerk's certification rather than a plain informational copy. Forsyth County's copy route is unusually clear: the Clerk directs certified copies and filed-record copies to the GSCCCA eCertification portal for electronic purchase and email delivery. In-person, phone, mail, text, and fax contact remain important when the record is older, unscanned, odd-sized, restricted, or unclear.

The Clerk copy request page links to the certified-copy portal at forsythclerk.com.

The copy page is the best source for current copy options because it connects Forsyth case copies with Georgia's electronic certification system.

1. Identify the court and record type. Superior Court, State Court, and many divorce records begin with the Clerk. Probate, Magistrate, municipal, sheriff, and vital records may require another office.
2. Search or confirm the case. Use the Clerk's Case Search route for Superior and State Court cases, or contact the Clerk if the case number is not known.
3. Use GSCCCA eCertification for an electronic certified copy when the record is eligible. The portal processes the purchase and sends the certified copy by email.
4. For records not suited to eCertification, contact the Clerk at Suite 1007, by phone at 770-781-2120, by text at 678-671-5667, by fax at 678-807-1381, or by mail to the courthouse address.
5. Pay the applicable fee. Standard copies are $0.50 per page, certified copies are $2.50 for the first page plus $0.50 for each additional page, and non-standard copies are $1.00 per page.

The GSCCCA eCertification service is the official electronic copy route named by the Clerk at ecert.gsccca.org.

Use the portal for eligible electronic certified copies, but use Clerk contact channels when the file is older, restricted, or requires staff review.

Records Request and eCertification Fields

The research did not expose a static Forsyth copy-request form with exact labels, and re:SearchGA form fields were not available from terminal fetch because the provider blocked automated access. The safe request approach is to provide enough identifiers for staff or the eCertification portal to locate the correct file without guessing.

Forsyth County Clerk Fees

The Clerk's copy fees are tied to O.C.G.A. 15-6-77 and the published court costs and recording fee schedule. Civil filing costs also include local service and payment rules. For Superior and State Court civil filings, the research identifies a $218 filing fee plus $50 sheriff service per defendant or service, with cash, qualifying checks, and Visa, MasterCard, or Discover accepted. Civil card payments carry a 4.5% plus $0.50 convenience fee.

Common Clerk Forms and Divisions

The most used Clerk routes are case search, copy requests, civil division filing information, State Court traffic citation information, real estate records, and jury service. Superior and State Court Civil is the division for civil case files such as divorce, adoption, garnishments, and complaints. Civil division questions may be routed through 770-781-2120 option 4, the Clerk text channel, or the division email link on the Clerk site.

• Case Search - re:SearchGA access for participating Georgia Superior and State Court cases.
• Copy Requests - regular and certified court-copy instructions.
• Superior and State Court Civil - civil filing, divorce record, hearing, and judge suffix information.
• State Court Criminal / Traffic Citations - traffic and misdemeanor citation handling.

Mail, Online Records, and Real Estate Notes

Superior and State Court case search is routed through re:SearchGA, which requires registration and allows online document purchasing for participating counties. Certified copies should be ordered through GSCCCA eCertification when available. Mail requests may be sent to Clerk of Court, 101 East Courthouse Square, Suite 1007, Cumming, GA 30040, but the request should identify the case, party names, document needed, copy type, and contact information.

Real estate records are a separate Clerk function. The Clerk records and indexes deeds, plats, condominium floor plans, UCC filings, General Execution Docket entries, liens, and military discharges. Real Estate can be reached at 770-781-2120 option 6 or RealEstate@forsythco.com. The research notes recorded deeds from 1980 to present, liens from 1991 to present, and plats are online through the property index search, while earlier books are available in the Clerk's office back to 1832.

The property index disclaimer is available from the Clerk at forsythclerk.com.

The disclaimer matters because the online index is a general public resource, not a certified legal document. The Clerk says primary sources must be consulted for verification and certification.