Upson County Clerk of Superior Court
The Upson County Clerk of Superior Court page places the office on the main floor of the Upson County Justice Center. The GSCCCA profile lists the office services as civil, criminal, real estate, notaries, passports, Board of Equalization, and jury. The county page and GSCCCA profile also point to online dockets for civil, criminal, and real estate records.
Staff contacts listed in the research include Kasey Goins, Chief Deputy Clerk; Jessica Smith, Senior Deputy Clerk; Grady Kilgore, Deputy Clerk; Skyler Smith, Deputy Clerk; and Sandra Salter, BOE Coordinator. The research did not identify a separate county clerk for court records. Georgia's Upson County structure uses the Clerk of Superior Court for Superior Court records.
Upson County Clerk of Superior Court
1185 Highway 19 South
Thomaston, GA 30286
706-538-2343
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
The official Clerk page is the main county source for hours, quick links, notary information, and court-record access.
The county page is the starting point because it ties the local office to the civil, criminal, and real-estate search paths.
Upson County Clerk Record Duties
The Clerk of Superior Court supports Superior Court records and related county clerk services. That includes receiving pleadings, keeping civil and criminal dockets, maintaining real estate records through the clerk links, supporting jury and Board of Equalization work, and handling notary and passport services listed by the office.
- Civil and criminal Superior Court docket access through the county-linked portal.
- Real estate records through the Clerk quick links.
- PeachCourt e-filing and legal-form links for court users.
- Family-violence forms and domestic-relations standing order links.
- Notary application material, including local fee and training notes.
- Passport information, Board of Equalization, calendars, and clerk news.
The GSCCCA Upson clerk profile confirms the local services and the online docket note.
That profile is useful when a user wants a statewide clerk source in addition to the county office page.
Search Upson County Clerk Records
The Clerk page links to a Criminal / Civil Search Website at https://www.upsonclerkofcourt.com/. The research notes that the portal is officially linked by the county and GSCCCA, but command-line inspection could not reach the full field list because the site redirected through ASP.NET public-view session behavior. Do not assume exact search fields from that source unless the portal is opened in a browser session.
| Portal Item | Type | Access Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Civil / Criminal Search | Portal module | Official county quick link and footer label. |
| Public-view session | System behavior | Research saw ASP.NET session/auth cookie redirects and CMUserInfo=PUBVIEW. |
| Real Estate Search | Separate module or link | Listed as a separate Clerk quick link. |
| Full search fields | Unavailable | Exact fields were not visible in command-line inspection. |
For broader record access, the county also publishes an open-records request form, and Georgia provides an Open Records Act request path for agency records. Court records can also be governed by court rules, sealing orders, and protected-identifier rules.
Request Upson Certified Copies
Certified copies come from the office that holds the record. For Superior Court civil, criminal, divorce, and some docket documents, contact the Clerk of Superior Court. Online docket results may identify a case, but they do not replace a certified copy when a certified court document is required.
- Identify the court and record type, such as Superior Court civil, criminal, divorce, or real estate.
- Search the online portal if a case number or docket entry may already be available.
- Contact or visit the Clerk of Superior Court with party names, case number, filing year, and document type.
- Ask whether the copy can be certified, whether any part is sealed or redacted, and what payment method is accepted.
- Call before mailing because the research did not locate a separate Clerk mailing address apart from the Justice Center address.
Upson Records Request Fields
Upson County publishes an Open Records Request Form PDF. Research snippets confirmed some staff-use fields, but full PDF field extraction was not available through command-line tools. A useful request should still include enough case detail for staff to locate the file.
| Field Label | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Requester/contact fields | Unspecified | Full field list was not extractable from the PDF in available tools. |
| Description of records | Unspecified | Include court, case number, party names, dates, and record type. |
| Received by | Staff only | Search snippet confirms this field. |
| Date | Staff only | Search snippet confirms this field. |
| Number of pages copied | Staff only | Search snippet confirms this field. |
| Cost per page | Staff only | Search snippet confirms this field. |
The Georgia open-records request guide explains the statewide agency-record process and form concepts.
The state guide is a fallback for agency requests, while court-file copies still belong with the clerk that maintains the court file.
Upson County Clerk Fees
The research captured several Clerk-related amounts from county and filing-fee material. It did not locate a full plain-copy or certified-copy schedule for every record type, so copy payment should be confirmed with the Clerk before ordering a large file.
| Item | Amount or Rule |
|---|---|
| Notary application | $55.00 payable to Clerk of Superior Court, Upson County |
| Superior Court appeal preparation | $10.00 per page |
| Transcript where clerk is not required to copy | $35.00 |
| Criminal or capital felony appeal record to Attorney General | $5.00 per page |
| Sheriff's service of process | $50.00 |
| Action from another county | $50.00 |
| Nulla bona search or return | $20.00 |
| Taking bonds in criminal cases | $20.00 |
Upson Clerk Forms and Filing
The Clerk page links to PeachCourt, family-violence forms, legal forms, a domestic-relations standing order, notary application material, calendars, passport information, and real estate records. Those links help separate search, filing, and copy work. Filing a document is different from searching a docket or ordering a certified copy.
Notary applicants must appear in person at the Clerk of Superior Court office. The page also notes a 2024 Georgia law change requiring new and renewal notary applicants to complete an educational training course and maintain a journal for notarial acts performed at the request of a self-filer.
For divorce files, use the Clerk because divorce is a Superior Court case. For estate or marriage-license records, use Upson County Probate Court. That office split is the most important routing rule for family and probate records in Upson County.
For public access, match the request to the office role. The Clerk of Superior Court keeps the Superior Court file and can answer copy questions for that file. The online portal can help find a docket, but staff confirmation is still important when a filing is recent, sealed, removed from public view, or needed in certified form.
For mailing, the research did not locate a separate Clerk mailing address. Call first before sending payment, forms, or copy requests to the Justice Center address.