Echols County Clerk Office
Georgia's local clerk for Echols court records is the Clerk of Superior Court, not a district clerk. GSCCCA lists Nora L. Rogers as Echols County Clerk of Superior Court, year elected 2014, with the office at 110 Hwy. 94 E and P.O. Box 213, Statenville, GA 31648. The same profile lists Chief Deputy Gabby Gallegos, county code 50, county population 4,006, and the legal organ as the Valdosta Daily Times. The county profile for Nora Leigh Rogers identifies her as Clerk of the Court and provides local biographical background.
The Clerk of Superior Court is the office to contact for Superior Court case files, certified copies, civil and felony case documents, divorce decrees, real and personal property filings, liens, FIFAs, trade names, notaries, military discharges, court ordered child support, Board of Equalization administration, and jury management. Echols does not publish a large local clerk search portal in the researched material, so the practical route is to call, fax, mail, or visit the office when statewide online access does not answer the question.
Echols County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Nora L. Rogers
110 Hwy 94 East
P.O. Box 213
Statenville, GA 31648
229-559-5642
Fax: 229-559-5792
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 12:30 PM-4:30 PM
The county profile for Nora Leigh Rogers is the local source for the clerk profile.
The county profile confirms the local clerk identity used for Echols County Superior Court record requests.
Echols County Clerk Duties
GSCCCA's service list is important because the Echols County website does not publish a long clerk portal with separate instructions for each record type. The clerk's work reaches beyond civil and felony case files. It includes real and personal property filings, intangible tax collections, liens, FIFAs, notaries, trade names, military discharges, child support orders, Board of Equalization administration, and jury management. Juvenile Court is also listed under the clerk's court services, but juvenile records are not ordinary public files.
- Receive and maintain Superior Court civil, criminal, divorce, and juvenile filings.
- Issue certified copies of court documents when the file and requester qualify.
- Maintain real and personal property filings, liens, FIFAs, trade names, and notary records.
- Handle court ordered child support records and jury management functions.
- Serve as Board of Equalization Administrator according to the GSCCCA clerk profile.
The GSCCCA Echols clerk profile lists the official clerk services and office details.
The statewide clerk profile is the clearest researched service inventory for the Echols County Clerk of Superior Court.
Echols County Certified Copies
Certified copies are official clerk-stamped copies used when an agency, court, employer, school, lender, or title office needs proof of a filed document or order. In Echols County, common requests may include divorce decrees, civil judgments, lien or FIFA records, trade-name records, real-property filings, court ordered child support records, and certified Superior Court case documents. The researched official pages did not publish a clerk copy request form or a full certified-copy fee schedule, so the request should start with the clerk's phone line.
- Identify the record by case number, party names, filing year, document type, and court if known.
- Call 229-559-5642 to confirm the file is held by the Clerk of Superior Court and ask whether a certified copy can be issued.
- Ask for the current copy, certification, mailing, and search fees before sending payment.
- Submit the request by the method the clerk confirms: in person, mail to P.O. Box 213, fax to 229-559-5792, or another approved channel.
- Use the certified copy only after checking that the seal, signature, date, and document type match the receiving agency's requirement.
Note: Juvenile, military discharge, sealed, and restricted records may require party status, attorney authority, or a court order.
Echols County Request Fields
No Echols-specific clerk request form was located in the researched official sources. The safest form-field inventory is therefore a practical clerk-copy request checklist built from the researched access channels and the types of records the clerk maintains. It should be used when calling or writing the clerk, not treated as a county-published form.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or book/page | When known | Use for Superior Court cases, liens, FIFAs, real-property filings, or trade names. |
| Party names | Yes | Include plaintiff/defendant, spouses, grantor/grantee, or business name as applicable. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples: final decree, judgment, order, lien, FIFA, trade name, or child support order. |
| Filing date or year | Helpful | Use an approximate year if the exact date is unknown. |
| Copy type | Yes | Say plain copy or certified copy. |
| Return contact | Yes | Provide phone, mailing address, and any fax or email approved by the clerk. |
Echols County Clerk Fees
The research located a few fee facts related to clerk or court records, but not a complete Echols County Clerk of Superior Court copy fee schedule. GSCCCA and the county pages provide the office contacts. The Probate/Magistrate page states a $25.00 Superior Court FIFA fee. nCourt payment pages exist for Echols County copies of records and child support, but the visible research did not publish per-page copy amounts. Law-enforcement open-records fees belong to the Sheriff's Office and should not be used as clerk copy fees.
| Item | Amount or rule |
|---|---|
| Plain court copies | Fee not located in Echols official sources |
| Certified court copies | Fee not located in Echols official sources |
| Certification fee | Fee not located in Echols official sources |
| Superior Court FIFA | $25.00 |
| Copies of records | Online payment portal exists, but public amount was not captured |
| Child support payments | Online payment portal available |
Echols County Clerk Forms
The researched Echols County sources did not locate a local downloadable clerk records-request form, local e-filing standing order, or published clerk copy application. For case-file copies, certified copies, and older file pulls, use the clerk's phone, mail, fax, or in-person access channels. For law-enforcement reports, arrest reports, incident reports, and sheriff records, use the Sheriff's Office open-records form instead of the Clerk of Superior Court.
For online case access, Georgia Courts points users to an e-access provider and says an account is required. re:SearchGA is the statewide/vendor case-search platform for participating counties. Echols participation and document availability were not confirmed from the public landing page in the research, so online access should be treated as a possible tool, not the only route.
Echols County Online Access
Online access for Echols County Clerk of Superior Court records is limited by what the statewide provider and participating-county coverage make available. Georgia Courts' e-access page states that users are redirected to the provider website and must have an account to search court records. re:SearchGA advertises multi-county case and document search, but the researched public pages did not confirm Echols document coverage without provider access. The Southern Judicial Circuit also publishes calendar-call notices that can show public docket snapshots, but those PDFs are not full case files.
Mail and in-person access remain the most reliable channels for certified copies and older records. Send mail only after the clerk confirms the file, copy type, cost, and payment method. For Superior Court case context, the Echols County Superior Court page describes the trial court role connected to the clerk's filings.
The Echols County Superior and Juvenile Court page gives the clerk office address, phone, fax, hours, and mission statement.
The county office page confirms the local courthouse contact details used for clerk record and copy requests.