Warren County Clerk Contact
The Warren County clerk structure is centered on the Clerk of Superior Court. Georgia does not use a county District Court for this role. The county page calls the office the Clerk of Court, while the state clerk directory identifies Cynthia Cheeley-Lazenby as the Warren County Clerk of Superior Court. The county page spells the name Cynthia Cheely-Lazenby, but the GSCCCA directory spelling is used here for consistency with the statewide clerk profile.
The office serves the Superior and Juvenile Courts. GSCCCA lists the clerk as elected in 2017, with Warren County code 149 and a listed county population of 6,336. The legal organ is the Warren County Leader. For records work, the key point is practical: court case files, land records, liens, plats, judgments, trade name filings, passport service, notary applications, and DD214 recording do not all move through the same online tool, so the first step is to match the request to the right clerk service.
Warren County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Cynthia Cheeley-Lazenby
521 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 201
P.O. Box 227
Warrenton, GA 30828
(706) 465-2262
Fax: (706) 465-0232
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Warren County Clerk Records
The Warren County Clerk of Superior Court manages civil and criminal cases for Superior Court and manages juvenile court records for the Juvenile Court. The office also keeps permanent filing, recording, and preservation duties for deeds, plats, liens, judgments, and military discharge records. Those permanent records are not the same as a court docket. A deed or plat may be searched through GSCCCA indexes, while a divorce decree or felony judgment is a Superior Court case document that may require clerk help, a provider account, or an in-person request.
The county clerk page also lists court-operation duties. The clerk manages trial calendars, issues subpoenas, sends court notices, issues jury summonses, collects and disburses fees, fines, and costs, and attends court proceedings. Local duties extend beyond case files. The clerk oversees Board of Equalization administrative duties, issues notary public applications, files and maintains trade name registrations, and serves as the local passport agent.
- Superior Court civil files, including divorce, broad civil cases, judgments, and related filings.
- Superior Court criminal files, including felony case records and final court dispositions.
- Juvenile Court records, with public access limited by Georgia law and court rules.
- Permanent records such as deeds, plats, liens, judgments, and military discharge records.
- Public services such as trade names, notary applications, passport agency service, and DD214 recording.
Note: Probate, Magistrate, and Municipal Court records may be held by their own court offices rather than the Clerk of Superior Court.
Warren County Court Access
Online access to Warren County Superior Court case material is provider based. The Georgia Courts e-access court records page lists Warren Superior and explains that users are redirected to provider websites and must have an account to search court records. The PeachCourt account access page is the official vendor path noted in the research for civil and criminal eFiling and court documents across Georgia.
The PeachCourt account screen comes from the official PeachCourt account access source.
That account route matters because Warren County does not publish a broad county-hosted open case-search portal in the sources inspected.
For civil case filing, the county clerk page states that mandatory eFiling applies to all civil actions in Warren County Superior Court effective January 1, 2019. It also states that the Clerks' Council partnered with GreenCourt Legal Technologies to create PeachCourt as a convenient way to eFile Georgia court documents. Users who need a filed complaint, answer, motion, order, judgment, or divorce decree should be ready to give names, a case number if known, an approximate year, and the exact document requested.
Certified Warren County Copies
Certified copies are official clerk copies used when a court order, deed record, judgment, divorce decree, or other filing must be proven outside the clerk's office. A plain printout may help with research, but a certified copy carries the clerk certification needed for many legal, financial, title, school, passport, or agency uses. Warren County official sources reviewed did not publish a certified-copy fee for Superior Court files, so the amount must be confirmed with the clerk before payment is sent.
- Identify the record. Use the case number, book and page, party names, filing year, document title, or the type of record, such as judgment, deed, plat, lien, divorce decree, or criminal disposition.
- Confirm the custodian. Call the Clerk of Superior Court for Superior and Juvenile Court records, deeds, liens, plats, judgments, trade names, and military discharge recordings. Use Probate Court or Municipal Court when the record belongs there.
- Ask about access limits. Juvenile files, sealed criminal matters, military discharge privacy concerns, and records with minor or financial data may require redaction, proof of authority, or a court order.
- Confirm the copy fee and payment method. Warren County did not publish a certified-copy rate in the sources reviewed, so ask for the current plain copy, certification, mailing, and search costs.
- Submit the request in person, by mail, phone, or fax as directed by the clerk. Include return contact details and a mailing address if copies will be sent back.
Warren County Request Fields
Warren County research located a direct trade name application PDF, but not a separate universal court-copy request form. For court records, the clerk access path is still specific enough to build a request inventory: give the office the person or business names, the record type, a case or book reference if known, the desired copy type, and current contact information. The Warren County trade name registration application has a more formal field set because it creates a filing rather than only requesting a copy.
| Field | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or book/page | Court or land-record request | Helpful when known; Warren-specific case-number format was not located. |
| Party, grantor, grantee, or business name | Court, deed, lien, judgment, or trade name search | Use full legal names and alternate spellings when possible. |
| Document type | Copy request | Examples include decree, judgment, deed, plat, lien, DD214, or trade name filing. |
| Certified or plain copy | Copy request | Certified-copy fees were not published and must be confirmed with the clerk. |
| Physical business address | Trade name form | The trade name form asks for street address, city, state, and ZIP. |
| Trade name and business nature | Trade name form | The applicant states the name used and describes the business activity. |
| Business composition | Trade name form | Checkbox options include person, corporation/LLC, or partnership. |
| Owner signature and notary block | Trade name form | The form is signed, printed, and sworn before a notary. |
Warren County Clerk Fees
Published Warren County clerk fees are limited in the official sources reviewed. GSCCCA lists passport, notary, and DD214 amounts on the Warren clerk profile. Court copy costs, trade name filing costs, civil filing costs, and any PeachCourt service fees were not published in the Warren-specific official sources. Confirm all amounts before mailing payment or relying on an older fee quote.
| Item | Amount or Note | Official Source |
|---|---|---|
| Passport, adults | $135.00 | GSCCCA Warren clerk profile |
| Passport, under age 16 | $105.00 | GSCCCA Warren clerk profile |
| Notary commission | $42.00 | GSCCCA Warren clerk profile |
| DD214 recording | No charge | GSCCCA Warren clerk profile |
| Certified or plain court copies | Not published in Warren official sources | Confirm with the clerk |
| Trade name filing | Form located, fee not published in form text | Confirm with the clerk |
| Civil eFiling or service fees | Processed electronically through PeachCourt when applicable | County eFiling note and PeachCourt |
Warren County GSCCCA Searches
GSCCCA is the statewide access route for many clerk-recorded indexes. The GSCCCA real estate search page covers real estate, lien, plat, PT-61, and UCC index material. The research notes that the real estate index includes property transactions from all counties since January 1, 1999, including seller and buyer, location, liens, and book/page where the deed is filed. Some historical data from 1993 through 1998 has been in the process of being added, and images are available for participating counties.
The official image from GSCCCA real estate and lien search shows the index family used for Warren County clerk-recorded land and lien records.
Use that statewide search path for clerk-recorded property indexes, not for every Superior Court case file.
| Search Path | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Index name search | Name search | Alphabetical name search of consolidated real estate indexes. |
| Real Estate book/page search | Book and page | Useful when a deed, judgment, or filing reference is known. |
| Lien Index name search | Name search | Searches lien index entries by name. |
| Plat Index name or book/page search | Plat search | Uses plat name or book and page paths. |
| PT-61 name or document search | Transfer tax index | Searches transfer tax filings tied to real estate transfers. |
| UCC basic name or file-number search | UCC search | Can search debtor/name, file number, secured party, daily filings, or certified products. |
Warren County PT-61 Filing
Real estate transfer work often includes a PT-61 filing. The GSCCCA PT-61 eFiling page describes online real estate transfer tax form filing and notes the map and parcel requirement captured in the research. Saving or retrieving a PT-61 filing can require paid subscriber access, so filers should not assume that a public visitor can pull every detail without an account.
The official source image from GSCCCA PT-61 eFiling connects PT-61 records to the deed-recording workflow around the Clerk of Superior Court.
For a deed copy, book/page reference, or related lien search, pair the PT-61 path with the GSCCCA real estate index or direct clerk contact.
Warren County Record Limits
Court records in Georgia are public unless a law, court order, or record type limits access. The Georgia Attorney General's materials are important, but the research draws a clear line: courts have their own record procedures, even though court records are public. Agency records use the Georgia Open Records Act process, while Superior, State, Probate, and Magistrate Court records are obtained through the relevant court office.
The official source image from the Attorney General's Georgia Open Government law page gives the broader legal setting for public access in Georgia.
That law helps with agency records, but a clerk-held court file still follows court access rules and clerk procedures.
Juvenile records need special care. The Warren clerk manages juvenile court records, but Georgia juvenile access rules make those files different from adult civil and criminal case files. The research also flags sealed or restricted criminal records, adoption files, mental health material, minor identifying information, financial identifiers, and sealed warrants or indictments as categories that may not be open in the same way as routine adult court records.
Warren County Request Methods
For Superior Court civil, criminal, juvenile, deed, lien, plat, judgment, military discharge, trade name, passport, notary, and Board of Equalization related clerk services, use the Clerk of Superior Court. In-person requests go to the second floor office at the courthouse address during weekday business hours. Mail should use P.O. Box 227, Warrenton, GA 30828. Phone and fax are available for questions about what the office can provide, current fees, and whether a record must be requested in person.
For agency open-records requests, the Attorney General provides separate public guidance. The official source image from Georgia open-records request guidance distinguishes court-file access from agency-record requests.
When the item is a court file, start with the court clerk. When the item is a sheriff, police, jail, or other agency record, use the agency open-records channel instead.
For divorce decrees and other Superior Court case records, the Clerk of Superior Court is the local custodian. Marriage licenses, estate matters, guardianships, small claims, warrants, first appearances, preliminary hearings, and traffic matters may route to Probate Court, Magistrate Court, or Warrenton Municipal Court depending on the case. The full Superior Court case path is separate from the local Warren County Superior Court overview.