About the Chattahoochee County Clerk's Office
Tami Wade is the Chattahoochee County Clerk of Superior Court. GSCCCA lists Wade as Clerk of Superior Court, elected in 2021, and identifies the courts managed by the office as Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, and Child Support. The local clerk website uses the label "Superior, Juvenile and Magistrate" and places the office in the courthouse at 379 Broad Street in Cusseta. That makes this office the starting point for many civil, felony, divorce, juvenile, magistrate, and child-support receiver record questions.
The clerk's website is compact but important. It includes navigation for Home, Case Search, Staff, Links, GSCCCA, News, Court Calendars, Jury Info, Legal Notices, and Legal Forms. The Case Search link leads to a login endpoint that did not expose public search fields during automated inspection, so it should be treated as a login or technical-access point rather than a guaranteed free anonymous portal. When the case-search path does not answer the question, use phone, mail, in-person counter service, GSCCCA eCertification, PeachCourt, Odyssey eFileGA, or GSCCCA eFile depending on the document.
Chattahoochee County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Tami Wade
379 Broad Street
Cusseta, GA 31805
706-989-3424
Mail: P.O. Box 120, Cusseta, GA 31805
Fax: local site lists 706-989-1945; GSCCCA lists 706-989-1508, so verify before faxing
GSCCCA headline hours are 8:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday; the detailed office note says 8:00am-5:00pm unless one person is gone, closed for lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm.
The Georgia Open Records Act guidance is useful background for public-records requests, but court-record requests still need to be directed to the custodian that holds the file. In Chattahoochee County, that usually means the clerk for Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, and Child Support matters, Probate Court for probate and misdemeanor traffic, and the Sheriff's Office for incident, crash, jail, and local criminal-history records.
Open-records rules support inspection and copying, but they do not turn sealed cases, juvenile records, protected identifiers, or records held by another office into open clerk records.
What the Clerk Does in Chattahoochee County
The Clerk of Superior Court receives and maintains filings for the courts assigned to the office, collects filing fees, supports docket and calendar access, handles certified copies, and points users to statewide filing and certification tools. In Chattahoochee County, the clerk relationship is especially broad because GSCCCA lists Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, and Child Support among the courts or services managed. That does not make juvenile files open to the public, but it does identify the local office to contact for juvenile-court clerk questions.
- Maintains Superior Court case files for felony, divorce, broad civil, domestic, modification, garnishment, and related matters.
- Supports Magistrate Court filings such as statements of claim, garnishments, dispossessories, and personal-property foreclosure filings.
- Provides access channels for court calendars, legal notices, legal forms, certified copies, and eFiled court documents.
- Connects filers and requesters with PeachCourt, Odyssey eFileGA, GSCCCA eFile, GSCCCA eCertification, and FANS real-estate monitoring where applicable.
- Serves as a local contact for Child Support Receiver and Notary services listed on the GSCCCA clerk profile.
GSCCCA gives a practical courthouse navigation note for the office: enter the office-wing door, turn left, and go to the last office on the left. Because the same GSCCCA profile notes that hours may be affected when one person is gone, callers should confirm availability before driving to Cusseta for a deadline-sensitive filing or certified copy.
How to Request a Certified Copy
A certified copy is an official copy authenticated by the clerk or through an approved certification platform. Certified copies are often needed for name changes, divorce decrees, final orders, judgments, and records that must be presented to another court, agency, employer, school, or licensing body. For Chattahoochee County court documents, the clerk's eFiling notice says certified court and real-estate records may be requested through GSCCCA eCertification.
- Identify the court and case type first. Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, and Child Support clerk matters route to Tami Wade's office; probate, marriage, vital, weapons-carry, and misdemeanor traffic matters route to Probate Court.
- Gather the case number if known, party names, approximate filing year, document title, and whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed.
- Call the clerk at 706-989-3424 or use GSCCCA eCertification for eligible certified court and real-estate records. eCertification document requests require a GSCCCA universal account login.
- Confirm the copy charge, certification charge, delivery method, and whether pickup, mail, or digital certification is available for that document.
- For an existing digital certified document, use the public eCertification authentication-code lookup rather than submitting a new document request.
The Georgia name-change guide is a useful example of when Superior Court clerk access matters. A Georgia name-change petition is filed through the Superior Court clerk in the county of residence, and certified copies of the final order may be needed after the case is complete.
Name-change filings are not probate filings, and they should be separated from marriage-license or vital-record requests that route through Probate Court.
Records Request Form Fields
The local clerk research did not locate a separate public web form for Chattahoochee court-record requests. The documented request channels are the clerk phone, in-person counter, mail address, the local Case Search link, eCertification, and eFiling/document platforms. A clear request should still include enough detail for staff to identify the file and determine whether the record can be released.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | No, but strongly helpful | Do not invent a format; public research did not expose a sample Chattahoochee case number. |
| Party names | Yes | Use full names and roles such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, state, or child-support party when known. |
| Court or case type | Yes | Superior civil, divorce, felony, juvenile, magistrate, garnishment, dispossessory, or child support. |
| Document type | Yes | Order, judgment, divorce decree, pleading, calendar entry, disposition, certified copy, or other document title. |
| Filing year or date range | Helpful | Needed when the case number is unknown or older records may not be digitized. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain copy, certified copy, digital certified copy, or authentication of an existing certified document. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Provide phone, mailing address, or account information so staff can quote costs and delivery options. |
Chattahoochee County Clerk Fees
The clerk's July 22, 2024 notice states that SB322 added four dollars to civil filing fees effective July 1, 2024. The notice gives specific Chattahoochee amounts for civil, domestic, divorce, sheriff-service, notary, trade-name, and several Magistrate Court filings. It does not publish every copy, search, or certification charge, so those copy costs should be confirmed directly with the clerk or through eCertification before ordering.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Civil, domestic, modifications, garnishments | $213.00 |
| Divorce filings | $213.00 |
| Sheriff service fee | $50.00 |
| Notary public | $50.00 |
| Trade-name filings | $170.00 |
| Magistrate statement of claim | $106.00 |
| Magistrate garnishment | $106.00 |
| Magistrate dispossessory | $106.00 |
| Magistrate foreclosure personal property | $106.00 |
| Plain copies, certified copies, search fees | Not published in the researched local fee notice; confirm with the clerk or eCertification |
Common Clerk Forms
The local clerk forms page groups materials under notary, other documents, and protective-order categories. The legal-notices page also carries court administration materials that affect public access, including Rule 22 recording information, parenting-seminar orders, emergency and supplemental orders dated January 20, 2025, process-server orders, and an evidence receipt and storage order in criminal trials.
- Legal Forms - local clerk form categories including notary, other documents, and protective-order materials.
- Legal Notices - public notices and court orders including Rule 22 recording and emergency/circuit materials.
- Court Calendars - annual judicial-circuit calendar and dated criminal, civil, and domestic calendars.
Mail and Online Filings
Mail requests for clerk records go to P.O. Box 120, Cusseta, GA 31805. In-person requests use 379 Broad Street, Cusseta, GA 31805, with GSCCCA directions to enter the office-wing door, turn left, and go to the last office on the left. Phone requests and access questions go to 706-989-3424. If a fax is required, verify the fax number first because the local clerk site and GSCCCA list different fax numbers.
The clerk's eFiling notice says Chattahoochee County Superior Court offers eFiling and document retrieval through PeachCourt and Odyssey eFileGA. It also says real-estate documents can be eRecorded through GSCCCA eFile, certified court and real-estate records may be requested through GSCCCA eCertification, real-estate records can be monitored with FANS, Superior Court civil documents can be eFiled at PeachCourt, and court documents for Superior Civil, Superior Criminal, Magistrate, and Juvenile Court can be filed electronically through Odyssey eFileGA.
These systems are best understood as official access channels with account requirements, not as one universal open search. PeachCourt and Odyssey eFileGA are useful for eligible parties, attorneys, and registered users. GSCCCA eCertification requires login for new document requests, while the authentication-code lookup is for confirming an already-issued certified document. GSCCCA eFile is for real-estate and UCC eFiling, payments, participating-county workflows, and filer support.
Calendars and legal notices provide public docket context when a full case file is not available online. The local calendar page has a 2026 Judicial Circuit calendar and dated calendars, including criminal trial and civil/domestic calendar examples noted in the research. A calendar can show hearing activity, but it is not the same as a certified court document or full case docket.