White County Clerk of Court
The White County Clerk of Court is Dena M. Adams. The county court page lists Dena Adams as Clerk of Courts, while the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority profile lists Dena M. Adams as Clerk of Superior Court and notes that she was elected in 1998. White County uses a unified clerk structure for this build. There is no separate secondary county clerk page for trial-court records, and the filename remains district-court.html for the Superior Court page even though the court name is Superior Court.
The clerk's office handles a broad mix of court and recording functions. The research lists Superior Court, Juvenile, Magistrate, Probate serious traffic, criminal division contacts, deed and plat recording, passports, notary, UCCs, liens, trade names, military discharges, jury management, and Board of Equalization appeal administration. A person requesting a White County Clerk of Court record should be specific about the court, case type, party names, filing date, and whether the copy must be certified.
The official White County Clerk of Court page gives the local office contact details and division information.
The county clerk source is the local contact point for walk-in, phone, fax, and court-record questions that cannot be solved through a portal.
White County Clerk of Court
Clerk: Dena M. Adams
59 South Main Street, Suite B
Cleveland, GA 30528
706-865-2613
Fax: 706-865-7749
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
White County Clerk Duties
The GSCCCA profile is the most detailed service summary for the White County Clerk of Court. It lists the courts managed as Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, and Probate serious traffic. It also lists services such as jury management, notary, UCCs, liens, trade names, deeds, military discharges, passport acceptance, and appeal administration for the Board of Equalization. These duties make the clerk a records custodian for more than one type of file.
The GSCCCA White County Clerk profile also identifies office contacts for criminal division work, deeds and plats, adoptions, passports, and administrative support.
The GSCCCA profile helps record seekers match the request to the right service before calling or visiting the White County Clerk of Court.
- Superior Court criminal and civil filings, including files that may need certified court copies.
- Juvenile and Magistrate records that the Clerk manages under the county's unified structure.
- Recording work such as deeds, plats, liens, UCC filings, trade names, and military discharges.
- Passport acceptance, notary services, jury management, and Board of Equalization appeal administration.
Request White County Certified Copies
Certified copies are used when a plain printout is not enough. A certified White County Clerk of Court copy should come from the record custodian, not from a screenshot, payment page, or e-filing receipt. Divorce decrees, final orders, criminal dispositions, judgment records, and recorded documents may need the clerk's seal or certification when they are used for legal, agency, title, passport, or official purposes.
GSCCCA lists eCert GSCCCA as a copy-request channel for White County. The clerk office remains the fallback for questions about record availability, older files, sealed or restricted files, identity requirements, and whether a specific document can be certified. The general White County open-records form should not be used for Clerk of Court records because the county warning excludes Clerk, Superior Court, Magistrate Court, divorce, real estate, and related court records.
eCert is useful for copy orders, but the White County Clerk of Court remains the records source when the requester needs help identifying the right file.
- Identify the court, record type, party names, and case or recording number if known.
- Check whether eCert can process the copy order, especially for records listed through GSCCCA.
- Call or visit the clerk if the request involves certification, sealed material, older records, divorce records, or unclear file details.
- Confirm cost, pickup, mailing, or electronic delivery before submitting payment or relying on the copy.
White County Request Fields
The research located a detailed White County general open-records form, but that form is not the right channel for Clerk of Court records. Its own warning excludes Superior Court, Magistrate Court, Probate Court marriage-license records, Clerk records, divorce records, real-estate records, District Attorney records, and Sheriff's Office records. Still, its field structure shows the kind of detail that helps any records custodian locate a file.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Records requested | Yes for a useful request | Describe the White County court record, document type, names, date range, and case or book information. |
| Inspect and copy or obtain copies | Choice field on county form | For Clerk records, ask the Clerk which inspection or copy method applies. |
| Three-business-day timing choice | Shown on county form | Georgia access timing may apply, but court-record review can depend on the custodian and file limits. |
| Fee acknowledgment | Required implied | The county form cites O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 and warns about copying and administrative costs. |
| Requester contact details | Yes for follow-up | Name, email, phone, and mailing address help the clerk resolve unclear copy requests. |
Note: Sending a court-record request through the wrong White County form can slow the search because court offices are excluded from the general county form.
White County Clerk Fees
The research file contains confirmed White County fees for Magistrate filings, Sheriff's service, marriage copies, criminal-history requests, accident reports, and general county copy charges. It also points to the statewide Superior Court clerks cost schedule for current Superior Court filing and copy charges. Because clerk fees can turn on document type, filing type, certification, service, and state schedule changes, users should confirm current charges before filing or ordering copies.
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Magistrate statement of claims, dispossessory, or garnishment filing | $61 | White County Magistrate Division page. |
| Sheriff's entry of service | $50 each | Except dispossessory service. |
| Dispossessory sheriff's entry of service | $25 each | White County Magistrate Division page. |
| Abandoned motor vehicle filing | $50 | Certified final-order copy can add $14 when needed. |
| General county open-records copies | Generally $0.10 per page | First 15 minutes no charge under the county form's fee statement. |
The Superior Court Clerks of Georgia cost schedules page is the statewide fee reference linked in the research.
State cost schedules help explain why the White County Clerk may need to confirm the exact fee for a filing, copy, or certification.
White County Clerk Forms
The county forms page linked in the research lists Clerk of Court documents and a change-of-address form. Forms matter because the clerk cannot give legal advice, and many filing tasks require the correct case caption, party information, signature, payment, and service details. A form may help organize the request, but it does not replace a case search or a certified-copy order when the requester needs an official record.
The White County Clerk documents and forms page is the official local source for available Clerk forms.
The forms page is best used with the clerk's office contact information when a filing, address update, or court document request has to be routed correctly.
White County Online Filing
GSCCCA lists PeachCourt for White County Superior Criminal, Superior Civil, and Magistrate Civil e-filing. PeachCourt is a filing channel, not a promise that every public user can search all White County court records online. Georgia Courts' e-access path and re:SearchGA may also involve account-gated provider access for participating counties, so direct clerk contact remains important when the case is not visible online or when a certified court copy is needed.
PeachCourt supports e-filing for listed White County case types, while copy requests and record certification remain tied to the Clerk of Court.