Locate Pierce County Clerk Records

Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court

Pierce County identifies Melissa Howard as Clerk of Court on its Judicial Courts and State Court pages. The GSCCCA clerk profile identifies Melissa A. Howard as Clerk of Superior Court, elected in 2025, and lists the courts managed as Superior, State, and Juvenile. This office is the court-record route for Superior criminal and civil records, State Court civil and misdemeanor or traffic records, divorce records, and Juvenile Court records when access is legally allowed.

The clerk role should not be confused with the County Clerk for county commission and administration records. Pierce County's County Clerk is Donna Golding, with Deputy County Clerk Lana Blankenship, and that office handles Board of Commissioners and county administrative records. Court case files, certified court copies, dockets, divorces, and state traffic or misdemeanor files route to the Clerk of Superior Court instead.

The county's Superior Court page lists clerk services, deputy clerk assignments, filing fees, copy fees, civil e-filing, criminal copy fees, and protective-petition instructions.

The local Superior Court page is the best starting source for Pierce County Clerk fees because it separates real estate, civil, criminal, and notary charges.

Pierce County Clerk Record Duties

The Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court keeps records for several case and recording categories. Pierce County's Judicial Courts page says the office handles real estate deed processing, UCC filing, Superior criminal and civil, Superior Court civil, and Juvenile Court work. The State Court page also names Melissa Howard as Clerk of Court for State Court. GSCCCA adds statewide clerk services such as recorded instruments and eCertification.

• Superior Court felony criminal and civil filings.
• State Court misdemeanor, traffic, and civil files.
• Divorce files and other Superior Court family records.
• Juvenile Court record support, subject to access restrictions.
• Real estate deeds, plats, UCC filings, liens, trade names, and notary services.
• Certified copies and authentication through clerk or GSCCCA channels.

Protective order petitions are also referenced on the Superior Court page. The county states that temporary protective petitions or stalking petitions have no filing cost and directs people who believe they need a protective order to call Magnolia House at 912.285.5850 for review and instructions.

Request Pierce County Certified Copies

Certified copies are clerk-issued copies that carry official certification for legal use. They are often needed for court filings, name-change proof, divorce decrees, property records, or agency submissions. Pierce County posts a copy fee and a certified-copy add-on, but the research did not locate a downloadable certified-copy request form. The practical step is to call the clerk before mailing payment.

1. Identify the record type, such as Superior civil, felony criminal, divorce, State Court, deed, lien, UCC, or trade name.
2. Gather the case number or recording reference if known, party names, approximate filing date, document name, and number of copies.
3. Call the Clerk of Superior Court at 912.449.2020 to confirm public access, page count, fee, certification add-on, payment method, and delivery option.
4. Submit the request in person or by mail to P.O. Box 588, Blackshear, GA 31516, unless staff gives a different instruction.
5. For eligible digital certified documents, register or sign in through GSCCCA eCertification and follow the authentication-code workflow.

Pierce County Request Fields

Because Pierce County did not publish a full copy-request form in the reviewed sources, a complete written request should include the fields the clerk needs to identify the file and price the copy. More detail reduces the chance of a delay, especially for older paper records or files that may need redaction review.

Pierce County Clerk Fees

Pierce County posts several Clerk of Superior Court charges. Copy costs are separate from filing fees. Certification is an add-on to the page copy charge, so a certified divorce decree or criminal judgment may require both the per-page amount and the certification amount.

Note: Fees can change, so confirm the amount with the clerk before mailing a request or filing through an online provider.

Online Pierce County Clerk Records

Pierce County uses statewide and provider systems rather than a county-built case database for every record type. Civil e-filing for Superior and State Court routes through PeachCourt. Magistrate Court e-filing uses eFile Georgia, while deeds, plats, UCCs, liens, notary services, and eCertification connect to GSCCCA services. Georgia Courts' e-access page says provider sites may require an account for court-record searches.

The GSCCCA statewide services site is the central Georgia clerk services source for many recorded records and certification tools.

GSCCCA supports statewide clerk records, but Pierce County case-copy questions still return to the local Clerk of Superior Court when the record is not available online.

Pierce County Clerk Office Split

The Clerk of Superior Court and the County Clerk have different record duties in Pierce County. The Clerk of Superior Court is the court-file and recording office for court cases, certified copies, and recorded instruments. The County Clerk listed in the department directory is Donna Golding, with Deputy County Clerk Lana Blankenship, at P.O. Box 679, 312 Nichols Street, Suite 5, Blackshear, GA 31516. That county office can be relevant for Board of Commissioners minutes, county administrative records, and non-court open-records questions.

This distinction matters when a request is sent under Georgia open-records procedures. A request for a court judgment, divorce decree, criminal case order, deed, lien, UCC, or certified court copy should not be routed to the County Clerk first. A request for county commission minutes, county department records, or general county administration should not be routed to the Clerk of Superior Court unless the record is part of a court file or recorded instrument.

Clerk Access Limits

The Clerk of Superior Court can provide public court records and certified copies, but that does not mean every file is open. Juvenile records, adoption files, sealed cases, record-restricted criminal-history information, protected identifiers, financial account numbers, minor names, and certain medical or guardianship details may be restricted or redacted. Georgia's Open Records Act applies to many public records, but court files also follow court rules and sealing orders.

Georgia open-records procedures are useful for agency records, but court records have their own access framework. If a case is sealed under a court order, if a juvenile matter is restricted, or if a criminal-history record has been restricted under Georgia law, the clerk cannot treat the file like an ordinary public copy request. The requester may receive a redacted copy, a denial for the sealed part, or instructions to seek relief from the court.

For older files, availability can also depend on whether the record is paper, scanned, indexed in a provider system, or held in a format that requires staff retrieval. A clear request with names, dates, case type, and document title helps the clerk decide whether the file is public, where it is stored, and what fee applies.

The Southern District federal image in the manifest is not a Pierce County clerk source, but it shows a useful distinction: federal cases use federal CM/ECF and PACER, while Pierce County Superior, State, and Juvenile records use the local Clerk of Superior Court and Georgia clerk systems.

When a case is federal rather than Pierce County state court, request paths, fees, and access accounts are different.