Contact Stewart County Clerk Records

Stewart County Clerk of Superior Court

Georgia uses the Clerk of Superior Court as the primary county court-record clerk for Superior Court. Stewart County's official clerk page says the clerk's major responsibilities include maintenance of court records, registration of property transactions, and recording subdivision plats. GSCCCA identifies Mona Dudley as Stewart County Clerk of Superior Court, elected in 2017, with Carol Smith listed as deputy. The county directory also lists Mona Dudley at extension 207 and Kristy Etheridge at extension 206 for Superior Court through the courthouse main number.

The Stewart County Clerk of Superior Court page is the county source for the office role and courthouse contact route. The image below is the assigned capture from that local clerk page.

Use the county page for the local office identity, then use the GSCCCA profile for detailed hours, direct phone, fax, services, and court-term notes.

Stewart County Clerk Services

The GSCCCA clerk profile lists Stewart County services as deed records, UCC filings, civil and criminal court, and notary. That mix is important because a person may contact the same office for a Superior Court case file, a certified divorce decree, a civil judgment, or a recorded land document. Court records are not the same as property records, but the Clerk of Superior Court is the shared local office named in the sources.

• Maintain Stewart County Superior Court civil and criminal court records.
• Record property transactions and subdivision plats.
• Handle deed records and UCC filings listed by GSCCCA.
• Support notary services listed on the GSCCCA profile.
• Provide certified copies or direct users to the proper copy request process.

The Stewart County Forms & Documents page links county forms, including the open-records request form used as a fallback for county agency records. The screenshot below is included because it shows the official source page for county forms.

For court filings and certified court copies, call the clerk first because court procedure may differ from the county's general open-records form.

Request Stewart County Certified Copies

Certified copies are used when a plain printout is not enough. Divorce decrees, final judgments, orders, letters, and recorded instruments may need clerk certification for banks, title work, name changes, benefits, or later court filings. The clerk can confirm whether the document is in Stewart County, whether it is a court case or land record, whether the file is sealed or restricted, and whether the copy can be issued in person, by mail, through eCertification, or through another route.

1. Identify the document by case number, instrument type, party names, filing date, or date range.
2. Call the Clerk of Superior Court to confirm that Stewart County holds the record and that it can be certified.
3. Ask whether the copy is available at the counter, by mail, through PeachCourt, or through GSCCCA eCertification.
4. Confirm the fee, payment method, mailing address, and whether a photo ID or authorization is required.
5. Request only the needed document when a full file contains sealed, redacted, or sensitive material.

The Georgia Superior Court clerk fee statute gives state-level fee authority for clerk charges. The image below is included because the statute is one source for fee language, while local amounts still require clerk confirmation.

State law does not replace the need to ask Stewart County which fee applies to the exact copy or filing being requested.

Stewart County Records Request Fields

Stewart County's open-records request form routes general county records requests to the County Clerk, Stewart County Commissioners, P.O. Box 157, Lumpkin, GA 31815, with email and fax submission options. It can be useful for non-court county agency records. For Superior Court case documents, the better first step is often the Clerk of Superior Court because court records may be governed by court procedures rather than the county agency form.

Note: A precise case number, party name, court, and document type usually helps more than a broad request for every record.

Stewart County Clerk Fees

Confirmed fee information is split across local and state sources. The Stewart County open-records form lists copying and labor charges for county open-records requests. GSCCCA lists a local note that civil eFiling through PeachCourt is $210.00. The Superior Court clerk fee statute is the state authority for many clerk fees, but a current Stewart County court copy fee sheet was not located in the research. Confirm the amount before filing or requesting a certified copy.

The Georgia DDS fees and terms page is a statewide driver-record source, not a Stewart County clerk fee sheet. It is useful here only to separate traffic driver-history costs from Superior Court certified-copy charges.

DDS fee pages do not set Stewart County clerk copy fees, so use them only for state driver-record context.

Stewart County Clerk Online Access

Georgia Courts' e-access directory lists Stewart Superior under PeachCourt and says users are redirected to the provider and must have an account to search court records. PeachCourt's public page describes civil and criminal eFiling and court documents, but the full post-login search form was not visible in the research capture. For eCertified copies, GSCCCA says users can create an account, submit a new request, select the county and document type, complete required fields, and submit the request.

The Georgia DDS points and points reduction page is separate from the clerk's court-file system, but it helps explain why a traffic case record and a state driver record are different. The assigned image below comes from that DDS source.

A Stewart County court disposition may affect DDS records, but DDS does not maintain the Superior Court case file.

Stewart County Clerk Court Terms

GSCCCA lists Stewart County Superior Court terms as the third Monday in March and the third Monday in September. Those term dates can affect hearing schedules, docket activity, and when a filer should call before traveling. Stewart County is part of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit with Lee, Macon, Schley, Sumter, and Webster counties, but local filings and record requests stay with the Stewart County clerk in Lumpkin.

For felony, civil, domestic, and other Superior Court files, the clerk is the record holder. For estates and marriage licenses, use Probate Court. For traffic tickets, confirm whether the ticket is through Probate Court, Lumpkin, Richland, or another venue. If the record is a full court case file, the broader Stewart County court records route can help separate PeachCourt, clerk copy requests, and restricted-file limits.

Call before relying on a term date as a hearing date. A case may be continued, resolved by plea or settlement, reset by order, or assigned to a specific calendar within the term. The clerk can confirm whether the docket entry is current, whether a certified copy is available, and whether the record belongs with Superior Court rather than Probate Court, Magistrate Court, Lumpkin, Richland, DDS, DPH, GDC, or another state system.