Butts County Clerk of Superior Court
The official county Courts page identifies Honorable Morgan Vereline Ward as Clerk of Court. The GSCCCA profile lists Morgan V. Ward as Clerk of Superior Court, year elected 2019, with Superior Court as the court managed. The county notes that Morgan Ward served as Deputy Clerk and Chief Deputy Clerk before taking office. The Clerk is an elected county-wide constitutional officer and the office is elected every four years.
The Clerk's job is broader than a case-search counter. The office preserves Superior Court records, administers the jury system, supervises Board of Equalization records, and records real estate and personal property transactions. That makes the Clerk the first contact for many civil, criminal, land, jury, trade-name, notary, and certified-record questions in Butts County.
Butts County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Morgan Vereline Ward / Morgan V. Ward
625 West Third Street, Suite 10
Jackson, GA 30233
Mail: P.O. Box 320, Jackson, GA 30233
770-775-8214 / 770-775-8215
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Butts County Clerk Divisions
The Clerk website organizes the office into Judicial, Real Estate, and Administrative/Business divisions. The Judicial division includes civil and criminal records of Superior Court. The Real Estate division covers real and personal property records. The Administrative/Business side includes services such as trade names, notary services, jury support, and office administration.
The Clerk Civil Division page is the official source for civil records and civil filing fee details.
That civil source connects the Butts County Clerk of Superior Court to civil filings, appeal records, local filing fees, and accepted payment methods.
- Judicial Division: civil and criminal Superior Court records.
- Real Estate Division: deeds, land records, and personal property records.
- Administrative/Business Division: jury, Board of Equalization, trade names, notary, and office services.
- Certified documents: use the Clerk office or GSCCCA eCert when the document type fits the system.
Butts County Clerk Record Types
Civil records kept by the Clerk include divorce and separation, legitimation and paternity, custody and visitation, adoption, garnishments, suits, foreign judgments, family violence or stalking protective orders, name changes, and habeas corpus. Adoption is listed as a civil case type, but it should be treated as restricted unless a court allows access. Public civil files may include petitions, complaints, answers, service returns, motions, mediation orders, judgments, dismissals, and appeal papers.
Criminal records kept by the Clerk include felony and misdemeanor filings, accusations, indictments, warrants, related pleadings, bond forfeitures, grand jury presentments, reports to state agencies, and appeals from lower courts or to Georgia appellate courts. Filed court charges and the full criminal case record are not the same as a jail booking record. Jail or arrest-report questions go to Sheriff/Jail, while filed Superior Court case documents go to the Clerk.
Land records use a different online route. The Clerk links Butts County land searches to Kofile, labeled for the Superior Court Clerk, Butts County, Georgia. The portal visible fields are login-focused, so users may need an account workflow before searching or ordering land record documents.
Search Butts County Clerk Records
The Clerk links users to a Butts County civil and criminal records search. The direct WebCaseManagement endpoint returned a 403 Forbidden status in command-line inspection, so the live browser portal may show fields that automated inspection could not capture. If the portal blocks access, times out, or does not show the needed document, use the Clerk office by phone, mail, or counter.
| Search route | What it covers | Access note |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk civil and criminal search | Superior Court civil and criminal records | Official link exists; direct endpoint returned 403 in automated inspection |
| Kofile land records | Butts County land records and related document ordering | Visible screen shows login and account workflow |
| GSCCCA eCert | Certified document request route where available | External official clerk authority system |
| Clerk counter, mail, phone | Copies, certifications, access limits, older records, blocked searches | Use office contact details above |
The GSCCCA profile is a separate verification source for the local clerk. The GSCCCA Butts County clerk profile lists Morgan V. Ward, the chief deputy, county code, address, hours, phone, and services.
That profile is useful when confirming the official Clerk name and office details before requesting Butts County Clerk records.
Request Butts County Certified Copies
Certified copies are usually needed when a record must prove an official court act, such as a divorce decree, judgment, order, recorded instrument, or filed case document. The Clerk's exact county copy charges were not extracted from the official cost PDF, but the Clerk links certified-document requests through GSCCCA eCert and also provides office contact routes for questions that need staff review.
- Identify the record type first: Superior Court civil, Superior Court criminal, land record, trade name, notary, or jury-related record.
- Gather the best identifiers: case number if known, party names, filing date range, document title, and whether certification is needed.
- Try the online search route if the record type is searchable, or use the Clerk counter, mail, or phone route if the portal blocks access.
- Ask the Clerk whether GSCCCA eCert can issue the certified document or whether the local office must prepare it.
- Confirm the total fee, payment method, delivery method, and whether a self-addressed stamped envelope is needed for mailed copies.
The Clerk links to GSCCCA eCert for certified document requests.
eCert can reduce counter trips for eligible documents, but the Clerk remains the fallback when a record is not found or certification rules are unclear.
Butts County Record Request Fields
A good records request gives the Clerk enough detail to find the file without guessing. The research did not locate a single universal online Clerk request form for all Superior Court records. The practical inventory below reflects the fields a requester should supply by mail, phone, counter request, or eCert workflow when the system asks for them.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or instrument number | Helpful when known | Use for Superior Court cases, recorded documents, and certified-copy searches. |
| Party names | Yes | Include plaintiff/defendant, State/defendant, grantor/grantee, or business name. |
| Document type | Yes | Order, decree, indictment, petition, deed, trade name, or other named record. |
| Date range | Helpful | Filing date, recording date, judgment date, or approximate year narrows the search. |
| Copy type | Yes | State whether plain copy, certified copy, or exemplified/court-sealed copy is needed. |
| Delivery and contact details | Yes | Provide phone, mailing address, and payment or envelope details after staff confirms fees. |
Butts County Clerk Fees
The Clerk homepage and Civil Division source provide several local fees. The official cost schedule PDF was listed in research, but text extraction was limited and the screenshot capture failed because the PDF initiated a download. Use the published fee items below and confirm copy or certification totals with the Clerk before mailing payment.
| Item | Amount or note |
|---|---|
| Most civil actions | $218.00 |
| Sheriff's Entry of Service | $50.00 per each entry of service |
| Real estate documents | $25 flat fee except state or local tax liens |
| Trade names | $175 filing fee |
| Notary Public | $55.00 |
| Civil payment methods | Cash, check, money order, Visa, Mastercard, Discover |
| Certified document request | Linked through GSCCCA eCert; exact local copy charges not extracted |
Butts County Clerk Forms
The Clerk forms page has a strong warning for self-represented users. The office says it does not offer forms of any kind for civil matters. The forms listed are required documents for civil matters filed in Butts County, but they are not all documents needed to file civil cases. That warning should be read before relying on any form list as a complete case packet.
The official Clerk forms page lists civil and domestic filing forms, disposition forms, information sheets, mediation orders, habeas forms, jury affidavits, DD214 forms, and trade-name forms.
The forms page helps identify required local documents, but legal advice and complete pleading preparation are outside the Clerk's role.
- General Civil and Domestic Relations Case Filing Information Form.
- General Civil and Domestic Relations Case Disposition Information Form.
- Information Sheet and Notice to Pro Se Litigants.
- Standing Order for Mediation.
- Habeas, jury affidavit, DD214, Board of Equalization, and trade-name forms.
Butts County Land Records and FANS
Land and property activity use two important Clerk-related tools. The Kofile land-records portal is the online land record route linked by the Clerk. The visible portal inventory includes username, password, remember-me checkbox, account, signup, recover password, cart, orders, search navigation, and help. For deed copies or recording questions that cannot be completed online, use the Clerk's Real Estate division route.
The Clerk also promotes FANS, the Filing Activity Notification System from GSCCCA. FANS is a free, voluntary, opt-in tool that monitors activity about property and records. It is not a title search, deed warranty, or fraud investigation service, but it can alert a subscriber that a filing has occurred under monitored names or property information.
The official GSCCCA FANS portal is the notification route named by the Clerk.
FANS is most useful after users understand that the Clerk records land documents but does not act as a private title examiner.
Note: The county Board of Commissioners open-records page does not process Clerk of Superior Court or Superior Court records.