Judicial System

Welcome to the Fayette County Judicial System. Here you will find information about the court system in Fayette County:

• Clerk of Courts - land and property records of the county as well as the civil and criminal files and records in the courts served
• Superior Court -
  • civil: divorce, personal lawsuits, domestic violence, child support, name change
  • criminal: felony charges
  • other: real estate deeds, plats
• State Court -
  • civil: torts (personal injury, etc.), contract disputes, appeals
    from Magistrate Court, garnishments, dispossessory actions (landlord/tenant disputes), personal property foreclosures
  • criminal: misdemeanors, traffic citations, county ordinance violations
• Magistrate Court -
  • civil: garnishments, lawsuits under $15,000, landlord/tenant dispossessory,abandoned motor vehicles and personal property foreclosures
  • criminal: warrants
  • other: wedding ceremonies
    
    
• Juvenile Court -
  • all cases involving people under 17 years of age -
    custody, deprivation, felony charges
• Probate Court -
  • wills, birth certificates, death certificates, marriage license, firearm license, guardianship (not custody), certificate of residency
    
    
• District Attorney -
  • prosecution of criminal offenses that occur within Fayette, Pike, Spalding and Upson Counties
• Solicitor General -
  • Fayette County State Court Prosecutor, domestic violence, teen driving laws, victim assistance