Telfair County Clerk of Superior Court
GSCCCA lists Amy M. Royal as the Telfair County Clerk of Superior Court, elected in 2021. The office address is 19 E. Oak Street, Suite C, McRae, Georgia 31055. The listed phone number is 229-868-6525, the fax is 229-868-7956, and the office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except scheduled holidays. The same GSCCCA profile lists the courts managed as Superior and Juvenile.
The clerk's office is the key contact for Superior Court civil cases, felony criminal filings, divorce files, child-support filings, juvenile files subject to access limits, real estate filings, UCCs, and clerk services. Listed services include passports, notary, TPO, child support, civil, criminal, real estate filings, and civil and child-support eFiling.
Telfair County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Amy M. Royal
19 E. Oak Street, Suite C
McRae, GA 31055
229-868-6525
Fax: 229-868-7956
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday except scheduled holidays
The New Georgia Encyclopedia Telfair County history gives useful courthouse background for local clerk records.
That history helps explain why court and land records in Telfair County may span older courthouse eras as well as modern clerk systems.
Telfair Clerk Record Duties
The Clerk of Superior Court receives filings, maintains case files, indexes and preserves records, issues copies, supports courtroom and office administration, and connects users to statewide clerk systems. GSCCCA lists named staff roles that show the office's range: criminal and courtroom management, habeas, real estate, UCCs, passports, child support, civil, juvenile, adoptions, and garnishments.
- Superior Court civil and felony criminal records, including pleadings, motions, orders, judgments, and sentencing records.
- Divorce and family-law records filed in Superior Court, subject to redaction or sealing when required.
- Juvenile records managed by the clerk but restricted under Georgia juvenile confidentiality rules.
- Real estate, UCC, lien, plat, and related index work connected to GSCCCA and Kofile tools.
- Clerk services such as passports, notary, TPO, child support, civil eFiling, and child-support eFiling.
Search Telfair Clerk Records
There is not one county-run, no-login portal for every Telfair court file. Georgia Courts' e-access directory lists Telfair Superior through PeachCourt, and the provider requires an account to search court records. PeachCourt's public landing page shows registration and login and identifies civil and criminal eFiling and court documents across Georgia, but public search fields were not visible without account access.
For certified digital copies, GSCCCA eCertification is the relevant statewide clerk tool. For filing, GSCCCA eFiling is a filing system rather than a public browsing substitute. For land and index research, GSCCCA search products and Telfair Kofile QuickLink may help. Older, sealed, restricted, or not-online files still route to the clerk's counter, phone, mail, or office-specific request process.
| Channel | Use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| PeachCourt through Georgia e-access | Account-based Telfair Superior court-document access. | No anonymous public case fields were visible in research. |
| GSCCCA eCertification | Electronically certified clerk records where available. | Requests depend on office processing and availability. |
| GSCCCA eFiling | Electronic filing in supported Superior Court matters. | Not a public case-search replacement. |
| Kofile QuickLink | Historic land-record index books from 1955-1975 and 1975-1995. | Deed book images route to GSCCCA. |
| Clerk counter, phone, fax, or mail | Older files, certified copies, restricted access questions, and records not online. | Fees and processing must be confirmed with the office. |
The New Georgia Encyclopedia courthouse image page documents the courthouse history tied to Telfair County Clerk of Superior Court records.
The courthouse history is relevant for record users because older files, land indexes, and modern digital systems may point to different access paths.
Request Telfair Certified Copies
Certified copies are used when a plain online view or photocopy will not prove the court action. A certified divorce decree, judgment, order, or recorded document should be requested through the office that holds the original record. For Superior Court records, that is the Telfair County Clerk of Superior Court. For probate marriage or estate records, use Probate Court instead.
- Identify the court and record type before requesting a copy.
- Gather party names, case number if known, filing year, document title, and the number of copies needed.
- Call 229-868-6525 to confirm whether the office accepts phone, mail, fax, email, eCertification, or in-person copy requests for that record.
- Ask for the current plain-copy, certification, mailing, and electronic certification fees because Telfair local copy fees were not located online.
- Request the certified copy through the method the clerk approves and keep the receipt or order confirmation.
Telfair Clerk Request Fields
No Telfair-specific public records request form for all clerk copies was located. A useful request should be specific enough for staff to locate the record without guessing. The fields below reflect the research-backed information the clerk or eCertification process is likely to need.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or book/page | Helpful when known | Use court case number for case files or book/page for real estate records. |
| Party names | Yes | List plaintiff/defendant, petitioner/respondent, grantor/grantee, or child-support parties as applicable. |
| Record type | Yes | Examples include divorce decree, judgment, sentencing order, garnishment, lien, deed, UCC, or TPO. |
| Approximate filing year | Helpful | Needed for older or historic files when no case number is known. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain, certified paper, or electronically certified copy. |
| Delivery and contact details | Yes | Mailing address, phone, email, and payment method after the office confirms fees. |
Telfair Clerk Fees
Official local plain-copy and certified-copy fees for the Telfair County Clerk of Superior Court were not located in the reviewed sources. GSCCCA account fees and some state vital-record fees were located, but they should not be treated as the clerk's local copy fee. Call the clerk before mailing payment or assuming a certification cost.
| Item | Amount or Status |
|---|---|
| Plain or certified court-copy fee from Telfair Clerk | Fee not located in official sources. |
| Electronically certified record | Telfair-specific fee not located; request depends on GSCCCA eCertification processing. |
| GSCCCA regular monthly subscriber fee | $14.95 effective July 1, 2025. |
| GSCCCA premium monthly subscriber fee | $29.95 effective July 1, 2025. |
| State marriage record copy | $10 first copy, $5 additional; applies to state vital records, not local clerk court copies. |
Telfair Land Index Access
Amy Royal's Kofile QuickLink page provides 24-hour remote access to historic land-record index books. The research found index books for 1955-1975 and 1975-1995, with search fields for type, year, parties, last name, and first name. The page states deed book images should be viewed at GSCCCA, so Kofile is an index path rather than a complete image repository.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Selector | Unspecified | Deeds shown in the located search view. |
| Year | Selector | Unspecified | 1955-1975 and 1975-1995 index books located. |
| Parties | Section label | Not applicable | Party search area. |
| Last Name | Text | Unspecified | Main party-name search field. |
| First Name | Text | Unspecified | Optional or narrowing field. |
| Search button | Button | Not applicable | Visible image button in the portal. |
The Digital Library of Georgia courthouse entry ties Telfair County courthouse history to early public-building authority.
That historical context is useful when clerk users move between courthouse-era records, Kofile indexes, GSCCCA images, and modern court document systems.
Restricted Telfair Clerk Records
The clerk manages Juvenile Court records for Telfair County, but juvenile records are not ordinary public records under Georgia law. Adoption details, sealed cases, protected-party information, financial account numbers, Social Security numbers, victim information, and minor-child details may be withheld or redacted. A clerk copy request can be denied, narrowed, or routed to a judge if access depends on a court order.
Georgia's Open Records Act applies to government agency records, but many court records are obtained through clerk procedures rather than a generic open-records portal. For sheriff booking records, jail records, incident reports, or warrants, route the request to the sheriff or relevant court. For Probate Court records, use the Probate Court. For Magistrate Court records, use Magistrate Court.