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Find the right office in Clayton County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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The Georgia Attorney General's Office represents the executive branch and prosecutes violent crime, gang activity and human trafficking across the state. Court records are kept by the clerk of court in each Georgia county.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the GA Dept. of Revenue.
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Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Georgia Dept. of Corrections.
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Yearly reports about inmates under death sentence (UDS) at the beginning of each calendar year since 2000.
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which runs the state criminal history record check and keeps the fingerprint identification records the state holds.
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Use the official Georgia child support calculator, get inmate civil action and habeas corpus forms, and find the electronic filing providers used to search and file court records statewide.
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The Georgia State Board of Accountancy lets anyone search and verify a Georgia CPA license. Most other professional licenses in Georgia are verified through the Secretary of State.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Clayton County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Clayton County.
Police Departments. Clayton County is served by multiple law enforcement agencies, including Clayton County Sheriff's Office and several municipal police departments. Each department has jurisdiction over its respective city, while Clayton County Police Department provides county police services and the Sheriff maintains separate sheriff and detention responsibilities. The agencies collaborate with municipal departments on investigations.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Clayton County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 9157 Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, operates Clayton County Detention Center. Clayton County Police Department identifies itself as the primary agency for emergency police response and reporting.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the county: 1 site producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 2 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Georgia publishes no abandoned mine inventory; the Dahlonega gold mines are not mapped by the state online.
Georgia abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Know before you ask
Each figure below was read on the official source linked beside it, October to November 2026. A fee or rule the source does not state is left out rather than guessed, and offices can change their schedules, so confirm on the source before you pay or travel.
The Clerk land-record directory links to real-estate document searches from 1985 forward and identifies the Real Estate Division at the Harold R. Banke Justice Center. The web period is not a statement that older instruments do not exist. Preserve an older book-and-page reference found in a deed and ask the division about that volume. The electronic filing link is for submission, distinct from retrieving an existing instrument.
The Clerk filing instructions explicitly say the Court Case Inquiry link cannot be used to file a new civil action. They identify separate court and real-estate filing channels and describe a delay before docket entries display. Use the case number to inspect a proceeding and the designated filing process when submitting documents. A screen showing an existing case does not itself acknowledge receipt of a new motion or complaint.
The eCertification explanation permits requests for ordinary and certified court and real-estate records, with secured PDF delivery after Clerk processing. Around-the-clock ordering does not mean every request is fulfilled immediately or every file is unrestricted. Choose the record category and requested product, and preserve the resulting digital verification features. A downloaded ordinary image and an electronically certified record should be identified accurately when shared with a receiving institution.
The Probate estate-record instructions ask for the estate name, case number and specific documents when they are unavailable online. Plain copies cost $1 per page; certification is $10 plus $1 per additional page, with a separate mailing charge unless a suitable stamped envelope is supplied. The notice says the will is made available after letters issue, and provides a request route if it is absent. A missing web image does not establish that the estate lacks that document.
The Real Estate Division fee schedule prices assignments and cancellations at $25 per deed affected and requires the original recording reference. That unit is different from charging once for any length of combined paperwork. Identify the prior instruments and document category before obtaining the filing total. The schedule also excludes personal checks, so confirm the accepted payment method for the chosen service instead of mailing an unsupported form of payment.
The Superior Court Records directory places that division in Room 1CL19, separate from the Real Estate room. Divorce orders, felony files and other judicial records should be requested with their case references rather than as recorded land instruments. A case about title and a subsequent deed can require both collections. The Georgia records guide supplies state judicial and background-report routes beyond local files.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Recorded land instruments and copy products.
Office page: clerk.claytoncountyga.gov
Superior Court files and judicial copy requests.
Office page: clerk.claytoncountyga.gov
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 171 investigations in Clayton County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $3,061,120 in back wages agreed for 2,168 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 152 on the Clayton County record; 50 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 127 more with smaller records are on the Georgia wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Clayton County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Clayton County. Ask that agency for its record. Under O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.5, a commercial website must remove a person's booking photograph at no charge within 30 days of a written request in eight listed circumstances, such as charges never referred for prosecution, dismissed, or ending in acquittal.
The Georgia criminal history record comes from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Crime Information Center. Get a copy of your Georgia criminal history record from most sheriff's offices or police departments; contact the local law enforcement agency for its requirements.
Search the Georgia Sex Offender Registry (GBI), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county board of registrars (in some counties a combined board of elections and registration) or through the Georgia Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must register no later than the 5th Monday before the next election; mail in applications must be postmarked by that deadline.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Clayton County are kept by the Clayton County Clerk of Superior Court. Property values are set by the county Board of Tax Assessors, and tax bills come from the county Tax Commissioner. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Georgia come from the Georgia Department of Public Health, State Office of Vital Records. A certified copy of a birth certificate may be requested from your local county vital records office or the State Office of Vital Records, in person or by mail. By mail to State Office of Vital Records, 1680 Phoenix Boulevard, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30349, in person or by mail at a county vital records office, or online through the approved vendors GO Certificates, ROVER and VitalChek. Fee: $25 for a birth certificate, $5 for each additional copy.
Business entity filings are searched with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division.
The directory gives 1985 forward, with older references requiring inquiry.
The instructions expressly say it cannot.
The explanation provides delivery after Clerk processing.
The instructions ask for the estate name, case number and specified documents.
The notice provides a direct request route and describes availability after letters issue.
The schedule lists $25 per deed assigned.
The directory lists 9151 Tara Boulevard, Room 1CL25, Jonesboro.
The directory lists Room 1CL19 at the Harold R. Banke Justice Center.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.