Georgia, Clay County
Where Fort Gaines's records are kept. Fort Gaines has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Fort Gaines's own offices, along with the Clay County and State of Georgia offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The GBI explains Georgia criminal history records: your own copy comes from most sheriff's offices or police departments, and another person's record needs that person's signed consent on a state form.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Criminal History Record FAQPolice & jail
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation explains what a state criminal history record holds: identity, arrests, charges, court outcomes and prison custody. Get your own copy at most sheriff's offices or police departments.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Criminal HistoryState records
Part of the University System of Georgia, the archives has collected the state's historical records since 1918; browse its Virtual Vault online or research in Morrow, Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Open official site Georgia ArchivesCounty court
Offices in Macon at 433 Cherry Street and in Columbus at One Arsenal Place, open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; the court posts dial in and virtual hearing details, opinions, forms and online payment.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of GeorgiaCounty court
The Judicial Council of Georgia's Administrative Office of the Courts runs this gateway to ticket payment, the child support calculator, court record searches, directories and forms; some features need a login.
Open official site Georgia Judicial GatewayVital records
The Department of Public Health office that registers, preserves, amends and certifies Georgia vital records; order certificates online from listed vendors, by mail, or at a vital records office near you.
Open official site Georgia Department of Public Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Address 147 Wilson Street, Suite 1, Fort Gaines, GA 39851, Phone (229) 768-3238. Official resource serving Fort Gaines, Clay County, Georgia.
Open official site Clay County Inmate InformationPolice & jail
Missing person cases posted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation show race, height, weight, sex and last seen date for each; tips reach the bureau by phone or its online form.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Missing PersonsPolice & jail
In one list sortable by case date or posting date, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation shows its unsolved homicides, missing persons, unidentified remains and robberies.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Unsolved CasesPolice & jail
By state law the Georgia Bureau of Investigation keeps the sex offender registry, fed by other agencies and changing often, with links to the offender search, a bimonthly report and a data download.
Open official site Georgia Sex Offender RegistryFederal
The Census Bureau's main platform for searching its demographic and economic data, including profiles for states, counties and towns built from the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau data.census.govState records
Address 101 Hancock Street, Fort Gaines, GA 39851, EMERGENCY 9-1-1, Phone (229) 768-2632. Official resource serving Fort Gaines, Clay County, Georgia.
Open official site City of Fort GainesEverything else, organized
7 more Fort Gaines sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Fort Gaines, a place of 995 people, is the seat of Clay County. Court and property records sit with Clay County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Georgia. Fort Gaines's own offices are in the cards above, and our Clay County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the records show here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Fort Gaines lies on the edge of a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Nothing at all is on record inside the town limits: no mine, no shaft, no adit and no pit. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by Georgia EPD Surface Mining and Georgia Geologic Survey maps and that office is where to ask for them.
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.
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Voter registration in Georgia is run by the Georgia Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Fort Gaines.
Deeds for property in Fort Gaines are recorded by the Clay County Clerk of Superior Court, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Clay County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Georgia come from the state vital records office, Georgia State Office of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.