Fulton County Clerk Records
The Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts is the county-specific court-record office for Superior Court and Magistrate Court. The current elected clerk identified in the research is Che' Alexander. The office is not a generic district clerk, and the name matters because Fulton County uses a unified clerk for Superior and Magistrate records while Probate Court maintains separate probate and marriage-license functions.
The Clerk's office supports Superior Court civil, criminal, family, and real-estate records, plus Magistrate Court filings and records. Its service channels include the Fulton Odyssey Portal, re:SearchGA, records services, eCertification, eFiling, public terminals, counter service, mail or copy requests, and fee schedules. County open-records requests can be used for county administrative records, but court case files should be requested through the Clerk or the specific court office rather than treated as ordinary executive-branch records.
Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts
Clerk: Che' Alexander
136 Pryor Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-613-5313
Fulton County Clerk Duties
The Clerk maintains the filings that create, update, and close many Fulton court records. In Superior Court civil cases, records may include complaints, answers, motions, orders, judgments, liens, garnishments, appeals, and related pleadings. In Superior Court criminal cases, records may include felony indictments, accusations where applicable, arraignments, pleas, verdicts, sentences, and post-judgment entries. In family cases, divorce, custody, support, legitimation, contempt, and domestic-relations filings pass through the same clerk structure, with restrictions for sealed or sensitive materials.
- Maintain Superior Court civil, criminal, family, and real-estate records.
- Support Magistrate Court records such as civil claims, dispossessories, garnishments, warrants, and first appearances.
- Provide plain copies, certified copies, exemplified copies, and electronic certified copies when available.
- Receive filings through approved eFiling channels for eligible case types.
- Operate public terminals and records-service paths for files not fully visible online.
Note: Probate filings and Fulton County marriage licenses belong to Probate Court, even when the requester thinks of them as court records.
Search Fulton County Clerk Records
The Clerk's public search path starts with the Find a Case instructions and the Fulton County Odyssey Portal. The research also identifies re:SearchGA as a statewide search path. These systems are useful for Superior and Magistrate Court cases, but they are not a single countywide database for every record type. State Court, Probate Court, Juvenile Court, and municipal court records can require separate channels.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Search | Text | Optional unless used as query | Accepts case number, party name, business name, or attorney name. |
| Search by case number | Text | Optional | Best when known because Fulton formats vary by court and division. |
| Search by party name | Text | Optional | Use last and first name or business entity name. |
| Advanced Filtering | Expandable filters | Optional | May include location, category, type, filing date, role, and status. |
| Date Filed From / To | Date | Optional | Narrows filings by date range. |
| Court / Location | Dropdown | Optional | Fulton Superior and Fulton Magistrate in the local portal; broader choices in re:SearchGA. |
| Case Category / Case Type | Dropdown | Optional | Civil, criminal, family, magistrate, and other categories when enabled. |
Request Fulton County Certified Copies
A certified copy is a copy authenticated by the Clerk for legal use. It differs from an online docket printout, a downloaded image, or an unofficial screen capture. Fulton County records may also be available through eCertification, which lets eligible court or real-estate documents be ordered as electronic certified copies. A requester should decide whether the receiving agency will accept an eCertified record or needs a paper certified or exemplified copy.
- Identify the court and case type before ordering, because Superior, Magistrate, Probate, State, and Municipal records route differently.
- Search by case number if available, or use party names with a filing date range and case category.
- Write down the exact document title, such as final decree, disposition, judgment, order, deed, lien, or complaint.
- Choose the copy type: plain, certified, exemplified, electronic certified, or search-only response.
- Submit the request through Clerk records services, eCertification, counter service, mail, or another Clerk-approved channel.
- Pay the quoted filing, copy, certification, service, or convenience fees through the channel the Clerk instructs.
The Clerk jury-services page is included in the manifest image sourced from Fulton Clerk jury services.
That courthouse-service context is relevant because in-person records work often shares the same downtown building rules, security screening, parking planning, and public-visit constraints.
Fulton County Records Request Fields
The request-form inventory from the research shows the details Clerk staff need to find a record and quote the correct copy path. A request that only says "send my court record" is likely to require follow-up. A request with case number, party names, document title, date range, and copy type can be routed more quickly.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requester name | Text | Yes | Full name of person or entity requesting copies. |
| Email address | Yes for electronic response | Needed for estimates, eCertification, or follow-up. | |
| Phone number | Text | Usually optional | Useful if Clerk staff need clarification. |
| Mailing address | Text | Required for mail delivery | Include street, city, state, and ZIP. |
| Case number | Text | Strongly recommended | Fastest way to locate a court record. |
| Party names | Text | Yes if no case number | Include full names and role if known. |
| Case type | Dropdown/text | Optional | Civil, criminal, family, magistrate, real estate, or another category. |
| Document requested | Text | Yes | Complaint, disposition, divorce decree, order, judgment, deed, lien, or similar title. |
| Copy type | Checkbox/radio | Yes | Plain, certified, exemplified, electronic certified, or search only. |
| Delivery method | Checkbox/radio | Yes | Email, mail, pickup, or portal delivery depending on service. |
Fulton County Clerk Fees
The Clerk fee research identifies several fee-driven services: certified copies, plain copies, exemplified copies, filings, trade names, notary work, real-estate recording, and eCertification. It also warns that the exact 2026 line-item amounts should be copied from the live Clerk fee page immediately before any page prints dollar amounts. For that reason, the fee table below states categories and the official confirmation channel rather than inventing amounts.
| Fee category | What it covers | Amount guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Plain copy | Non-certified paper or electronic copy of an eligible record. | Check the current Clerk fee page. |
| Certified copy | Clerk-certified record for legal or agency use. | Copy and certification charges may be separate. |
| Exemplified copy | Higher-authentication copy when required by a receiving authority. | Confirm requirements before ordering. |
| eCertification | Electronic certified copy of an eligible court or real-estate document. | May include service or convenience charges. |
| Civil filing | Filing fees for civil pleadings and related case actions. | Use the live fee schedule before filing. |
| Real-estate recording | Deeds, plats, liens, trade names, and related recording services. | Charges vary by document type and page count. |
The Clerk fee page appears in the manifest image sourced from Fulton Clerk fee schedule.
That fee schedule is the source to check before a filing, copy order, eCertification purchase, or recording transaction is submitted.
Fulton County Clerk Filing Channels
Filing and record access are related but not the same task. The research identifies PeachCourt and eFileGA as Georgia eFiling channels that may apply depending on the case type and court rules. Civil and many other filings use electronic systems, while older files, restricted files, public-terminal searches, and copy orders may require Clerk records services rather than eFiling.
Public terminals at the courthouse remain important for older records, users without reliable internet, and records that do not expose document images online. Mail or records-service requests are appropriate when the requester needs copies and cannot obtain the record through the public portal. Administrative county records use the Fulton County open-records portal, but court-file inspection and certified-copy service stay with the Clerk or the specific court clerk.
Copy-path warning: Filing a document through eFiling does not order a certified copy of the filed record.
Restricted Fulton County Clerk Records
The Clerk's public records include many civil, criminal, family, Magistrate, and real-estate filings, but access is not unlimited. Juvenile records, sealed records, adoption files, mental health proceedings, protected addresses, full birth dates, Social Security numbers, financial account data, victim-safety information, and minor details may be withheld or redacted. Georgia record restriction can also limit public dissemination of some eligible criminal-history entries.
If a case is sealed, a counter request generally cannot override the sealing order. If a document image is blocked online, the next step may be a Clerk copy request, public-terminal review, proof of party status, attorney access, or a court order. The Fulton County Clerk can provide the available court record, but the receiving agency decides whether a plain copy, certified copy, eCertified copy, or exemplified copy is acceptable.