Real Estate

Our real estate records date back to 1796, when the county was first established.  All of our deeds, plats and liens are available in our office in either books or on the public search terminals we have. Copies are $0.50 a page for regular copies or certified copies are $2.50 for the first page & $0.50 per each additional page.  We also have the capability of printing plats with larger sizes of 11 x 17 ($2.00), 18 x 24 ($4.00) or 24 x 36 ($5.00).

We accept cash, money order, business check or debit/credit cards (4% transaction fee added to cards)

Recording Costs

Deeds - $25.00 per document
Assignments - $25.00 per document

UCC-1 & UCC-3 - $25.00
UCC-1 with Assignment - $50.00
  
Liens - $25.00 per document
-Notice of Commencements are included in this category.  
-To issue and Record a Fifa or Issue an Alias Fifa is $25.00 (For Magistrate Fifas there is an additional charge of $4.00 & a separate check is needed)*
 
Plats - $10.00 per page but they have to be recorded and paid through our Plat E-File website - see link to the right

*You can now efile deeds, liens & UCCs through the Clerks Authority website or through one of our approved vendors - see info link to the right with live links to all the websites.
Links to our most used websites

Clerks Authority link for searching, but this requires a pay per use or monthly subscription fee
GSCCCA

Search Real Estate through our Tax Assessors website (not updated daily)
QPublic

Deed/Lien/UCC E-Filing Info
eRecording Info

Plat E-Filing link to file all Plats
Plat E-File

PT-61 Form link to fill out and print this required form before filing your document
PT-61
 
***As required by law, any deed changing ownership requires a PT-61 form.  This includes changing your name, taking off/adding a name, or giving property to someone with no money involved.

Contact Us

  1. Mailing Address
    PO Box 7
    Jefferson, GA 30549

  2. April Reynolds

    Phone: 706-387-6251

  3. Nikki Hall

    Phone: 706-387-6258

Our office will be glad to help in any way we can, but we are not attorneys, and cannot give legal advise or do title searches.  We also do not have any real estate or lien forms to give out.

If you have any questions, please call our office.