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Superior and State Court Clerk's Office
Hall County Judicial Building
225 Green Street
Gainesville, GA 30501



Clerk of Court - Duties

Custodian of court records, real estate records, fine collection and disbursement, intangible and transfer tax collection and disbursement, personal property records, notary public appointments, tradename registration, adoptions, passports, traffic violations bureau. Public assistance regarding all of the above.

Superior Court
Judicial
Real Estate
Business & Administration
State Court
Judicial Division
Business & Administration
Traffic Violations Bureau



Superior Court

Judicial

The Judicial Division is responsible for receiving, filing, processing, storing and retrieving civil and criminal records for the Superior Court and reports to state agencies monthly regarding dispositions. This division also provides support for all the Superior Court Judges through the management of case files and, when necessary, the attendance of court; which includes impaneling of jurors, swearing criminal juries, assisting in selecting of juries and reading of verdicts at the end of jury trials. This division also collects all fines and fees in Criminal/Civil cases.



Real Estate

The real estate division is responsible for receiving, recording, processing, indexing and reproducing all documents related to real estate, which includes receiving the fees and taxes due on these documents. The uniform commercial code (U.C.C.) section requires recording, processing and indexing records for serving public notice that personal properties located within Hall County (equipment, furnishings, vehicles, corps, ect.) have outstanding liens on them.

Real Estate Record Room
Hall County Courthouse Annex
116 Spring Street, SE (Bottom Floor)
Gainesville, GA
30501



Business & Administrative

This division includes, but is not limited to appeals, adoptions, FI FA’s (which is a document that authorizes the seizure of property to satisfy a judgement), hospital liens, foreign judgments, tradenames, limited partnerships, notary public commissions, miscellaneous court orders, appointments, Grand Jury presentments and funds paid into the registry of the court as directed by the court and accounting/bookkeeping.



State Court

Judicial Division

The functions for the judicial division of State Court are the same as Superior Court, except that criminal misdemeanor cases are processed on a larger scale. This office also collects all court costs, bench warrant costs, bond forfeiture costs, cash bonds and fines and makes numerous monthly reports to state agencies.



Business / Administration

This division includes, but is not limited to appeals to the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals, FI FA’s, miscellaneous court orders, and accounting/bookkeeping.



Traffic Violations Bureau

This division files traffic cases only, on an even larger scale than State Court and makes disposition reports to the Department of Public Safety, receives driver history printouts on all citations, collects fines, costs and partial payments.



Contact Information
Dwight S. Wood - Clerk of Courts

 770.531.7025
 dwight.wood@gsccca.org
Charles Baker - Chief Deputy

 770.531.7025
charles.baker@gsccca.org
Linda Gilstrap - Office Manager

770.531.7025
linda.gilstrap@gsccca.org
770.531.7070 fax (Civil & Criminal Div.)
770.536.0702 fax (Real Estate Record Room)
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1336
Gainesville, Georgia 30503-1336




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