Towns County Clerk of Superior Court
The primary clerk for Towns County trial-court records is the Clerk of Superior Court. GSCCCA's Towns County clerk profile identifies Eric Barrett as Clerk of Superior Court, elected in 2025, with chief deputy Peter Gross. The office is at 48 River Street, Suite E, Hiawassee, GA 30546. Published hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The office phone is 706-896-2130, and the fax is 706-896-5694.
GSCCCA lists the Towns County courts managed by this clerk as Superior and Juvenile. It also lists services including passports, notary, and civil filings. The Towns County structure is important because the Clerk of Superior Court is not the probate clerk and not the magistrate clerk. Probate Court, Magistrate Court, marriage licenses, and many probate filings route to the Magistrate/Probate Judge office in Suite C. Hiawassee Municipal Court citations route through city court channels.
Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Eric Barrett
48 River Street, Suite E
Hiawassee, GA 30546
706-896-2130
Fax: 706-896-5694
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
The GSCCCA Towns County clerk profile is a successful source image assigned in the manifest.
The profile is the strongest source for the clerk's office identity, hours, courts managed, phone, fax, services, and county code.
Towns County Clerk Record Duties
The Clerk of Superior Court receives and maintains filings for Superior Court matters such as felony criminal cases, divorce actions, major civil filings, and other general-jurisdiction case records. The office also manages Juvenile Court records according to GSCCCA, but juvenile access is restricted and should not be treated like ordinary adult case access. In practice, a user looking for a Superior Court case may use PeachCourt where available, then call or visit the clerk when the document is not online or when certification is needed.
- Superior Court civil filings, including complaints, answers, motions, orders, and judgments.
- Felony criminal case records, including docket entries, charges, dispositions, and sentencing documents when public.
- Divorce files and certified copies of Superior Court divorce decrees.
- Juvenile Court records, subject to Georgia access limits and court permission rules.
- Office services listed by GSCCCA, including passports, notary, and civil filings.
Request Towns County Certified Copies
A certified copy from the Towns County Clerk of Superior Court is used when a court document must be accepted as an official copy. Common examples include divorce decrees, judgments, sentencing orders, or civil orders. PeachCourt may show docket entries or documents when access is available, but an online view is not the same as clerk certification. The research did not locate a Towns-specific certified-copy request form, so a direct phone call is the cleanest first step.
- Identify the court and record type. Use the Clerk of Superior Court for Superior Court and Juvenile records, not Probate or Magistrate files.
- Collect the case number, party names, filing year, and the document name, such as final decree or sentencing order.
- Call 706-896-2130 to ask whether the record is public, whether staff can locate it, and what copy or certification fees apply.
- Confirm whether the request must be made in person, by mail, through PeachCourt, or by another clerk-approved method.
- Ask when the certified copy will be ready and whether mailed copies require a self-addressed envelope or specific payment form.
Towns County Records Request Fields
No official Towns County Clerk of Superior Court records request form was located. The request fields below are therefore a practical inventory drawn from the research and from the information the clerk will need to locate a Superior Court file. Giving precise details reduces staff search time and helps avoid mixing Superior Court records with Probate, Magistrate, Municipal, sheriff, or jail records.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | If known | Best match field for PeachCourt or clerk staff. |
| Party names | Yes | Include former names or business names when relevant. |
| Case type | Yes | Civil, divorce, felony criminal, juvenile, or other Superior Court matter. |
| Document type | Yes | Final decree, order, judgment, disposition, sentence, or full file request. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain or certified copy, with number of copies needed. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Phone, mailing address, and email if the office accepts it. |
Towns County Clerk Fees
The research did not locate an official Towns County Superior Court copy fee sheet or certified-copy price list. Georgia Open Records Act procedures allow lawful inspection, copying, search, retrieval, supervision, and copying fees for agency records, but court case access can follow court and clerk rules. For local clerk records, the accurate statement is that users should call the clerk for current copy, certification, filing, and older-record retrieval costs.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Plain copy | Fee not located in official Towns sources |
| Certified court copy | Call Clerk of Superior Court |
| Civil or divorce filing fee | Fee not located in official Towns sources |
| PeachCourt registration | Free account registration |
| PeachCourt filing or document transactions | Provider or court costs may apply |
Towns County Clerk Forms
No Towns-specific certified-copy form or clerk request PDF was located in the official sources. The available form and access context is statewide: Georgia Courts lists e-access and e-filing for Towns Superior through PeachCourt, and Georgia Courts publishes family-law divorce form packets. For clerk-held records, the form path should be confirmed with the office before filing or mailing anything.
- PeachCourt - Towns Superior e-access and e-filing provider route.
- PeachCourt registration - free account registration, with filing or document costs possible.
- Georgia Courts divorce forms - statewide divorce packets for filings with or without minor children.
Towns County Online Clerk Access
Georgia Courts' e-access directory lists Towns Superior through PeachCourt, and Georgia Courts' e-filing directory lists Towns Superior as mandatory through PeachCourt. PeachCourt registration is free, including for non-attorneys, but that does not mean every document is free or public. Case type, court participation, document availability, sealed status, and account access all affect what a user can see.
The PeachCourt registration page is the second successful clerk image assigned in the manifest.
PeachCourt is the online route for many Towns Superior records, while the clerk remains the local source for certified copies, older files, and access questions. The clerk also confirms whether a document is available to the public.
For records not available through PeachCourt, the best fallback is a narrow request to the custodian office. Ask for the case by number when possible, and name the document rather than asking staff to search every filing. Georgia's public-records framework allows access to many agency records, but court files, juvenile records, sealed orders, and restricted criminal-history material can follow separate rules. If the clerk says another office keeps the record, use that referral instead of resubmitting the same request to the wrong court.