ATTENTION:
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COUNTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Bibb County |
You must include a Summons and Sheriff Entry of Service Form when service is needed for a case.
New Civil Case Initiation Forms can be found on this page, these forms are not automatically generated.
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Cherokee County Magistrate |
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Dekalb County |
DeKalb Superior Court Forms and E-file instructions- http://dksuperiorclerk.com/civil
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DeKalb State Court Forms and E-file Instructions - http://dekalbstatecourt.net/state-court/electronic-filing/ |
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Plaintiffs who chose to have the Summons and Complaint served by the State Court of DeKalb County Marshal s Office and pay the appropriate service fee, $35 per defendant, should mail all documents to be served, with a completed Marshal s entry of service form, to the Clerk s Office at 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA 30030. The Clerk s Office and the Marshal Office track service electronically. The pleadings to be served have a bar code applied to them by the Clerks Office thereafter, the pleadings will be sent to the Marshal for service. The bar code allows the respective offices access to track the status of service and provide up to date information regarding the status of service.
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Fulton County |
Change in Legal Organ: NOTICE IS HEREBY PROVIDED, that effective January 1, 2024, the Official Organ of Fulton County, Georgia for official or legal advertising shall be changed from the Fulton County Daily Report to the South Fulton Neighbor newspaper. From and after January 1, 2024, all official organ advertising required by law in Fulton County shall be published in the South Fulton Neighbor. |
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Fulton County Magistrate |
You can pay for Marshal Service online when you initiate your case by going into optional services and selecting Marshal Service Fee. Once the case has been accepted you can print out the documents you wish to have served and forward them to the Marshals office located at 160 Pryor Street, J102, Atlanta, Ga 30303. |
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Richmond County |
For Richmond County Superior and State Court you MUST file using the new filing portal : Click HERE |
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Rockdale County |
For Chief Superior Court Judge Nancy Bills & the email address is tammy.myers@rockdalecountyga.gov eFile Instructions: • File new cases with Case Filing Form https://www.rockdaleclerk.com/forms/. • Pleading must be filed as separate Lead Documents. • Final Orders must have a Final Disposition Form as well. |
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Spalding County |
Spalding State Court Standing Orders Standing Order Document |
E-Filing Rules
Rule 6.1. Filing In civil actions every motion made prior to trial, except
those consented to by all parties, when filed shall include or be accompanied
by citations of supporting authorities and, where
allegations of unstipulated fact are relied upon, supporting affidavits,
or citations to evidentiary materials of record. In circuits utilizing an
individual assignment system, the clerk shall promptly upon filing furnish a
copy provided by the attorney or party of such motions and related materials to
the assigned judge or the judge's designee. When an attorney or party e-files a
motion or any response, the attorney or party shall notify the opposing parties
and the assigned judge or the judge's designee by e-mail of the motion or
response contemporaneously but no later than 24 hours after
e-filing. Amended effective July 2, 2020.
Pursuant to USCR 6.1 (as amended on July 2, 2020): When an attorney or party e-files a motion or any response, the attorney or party shall notify the opposing parties and the assigned judge or the judge's designee by e-mail of the motion or response contemporaneously but no later than 24 hours after e-filing.
E-Filing Information
*TIP* Searching for a Case
Please use four-digit year, the dash, CV or CR, and a 0 in front of your case number. (Example: 2019-CV-012345)
GASB407 with eFileGA and re:SearchGA Clerk Webinar -- Click HERE to watch
New Civil Case Initiation Form can be found here
Mail Service is now available in the following counties:
Bibb, Cherokee, Douglas, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Spalding, and Fulton.
Please visit the eFileGA website for more details.