Georgia Asset Search

Every link in this guide was opened and verified on Sep. 17, 2026.

An asset appearing in a public record is not automatically available to pay a judgment. This guide separates the public-record search from private financial information and the Georgia collection process.

Follow the documents, not just the name

Follow the deed owner into company filings and compare historical addresses. Search the execution docket as well as ordinary case records where relevant. A Fi. Fa. entry can identify a judgment-enforcement claim; it is not a statement that the debtor owns every property associated with the address.

Georgia's court materials distinguish financial-institution garnishments from continuing garnishments used for earnings. Choose the process for the property actually held by the third party; do not use the employer route simply because it is the most familiar garnishment form.

Determine the proper court and venue for the garnishee, the bank or other holder of money. Fulton County's Magistrate Court guidance explains that garnishment has its own filing and venue requirements. The court that entered the original judgment and the court handling garnishment are not automatically interchangeable.

Prepare the applicable filing, arrange valid service, and follow the bank's answer and the required notices and exemption process. Record the actual service date and the next court deadlines. A successful electronic filing is not confirmation of completed bank service or available funds.

If the bank is not yet known, use lawful information-gathering methods. Georgia's Magistrate Court resources also identify postjudgment interrogatories and Fi. Fa. procedures. Those tools can support a focused investigation instead of paying to serve a list of guessed institutions.

The applicable official starting points are Fulton County Magistrate Court: garnishments, Fulton County Magistrate Court: collection-related case types. Use the current issuer's forms and instructions for the particular case.

Use the Superior Court Clerk's land and execution records to investigate real-property and judgment claims. Use the GSCCCA system for UCC research rather than assuming the Secretary of State business search includes all collateral filings. A business's inventory and its owner's membership interest are different assets.

The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimates report an owner-occupied housing rate of 65.7% and a median value of owner-occupied housing of $303,300 in Georgia. The rate refers to occupied housing units, not a percentage of people. The value is not an estimate of equity available to creditors. Census QuickFacts: Georgia.

Real-estate chains, company links and UCC collateral can be searched together as separate pieces of evidence. A recorded judgment may help reveal prior creditors or related businesses, but it does not establish a positive asset balance.

Confirm both venue and the financial-institution form category before committing to service. The correct debtor name alone will not repair papers filed in the wrong place or under the wrong type of garnishment.

Divorce in Georgia is a superior court action, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county where the divorce was granted keeps the file. Uniform Superior Court Rule 21 says that all court records are public and available for public inspection unless public access is limited by law or by the procedure in the rule. A divorce file is therefore open at the clerk's counter, including any financial affidavit in it, unless a judge has entered a limitation order.

The sworn money form

The Domestic Relations Financial Affidavit is required by Uniform Superior Court Rule 24.2 in any action for child support, alimony or equitable division of property. It lists the affiant and spouse, income, monthly expenses, assets, with the instruction to list each bank account, and debts. The affidavit is served on the other side at least five days before a hearing, a certificate of service is filed, and the original affidavit with its worksheets and schedules is submitted to the court at the hearing or trial. Rule 24.2 gives it no confidentiality of its own: on the request of either party and good cause shown, the affidavits, worksheets, schedules and other financial information may be sealed by order of the court, and not otherwise. The final judgment and decree, any settlement agreement incorporated in it and the child support worksheets are public under Rule 21.

Finding and reading the file

Georgia has no single statewide case search. The Judicial Council's E-Access Court Records page routes the public to vendor portals that participating counties use, PeachCourt and Tyler ResearchGA, and an account is required. Superior court records appear where the county participates. At the courthouse, Rule 21 makes the file available for public inspection from the Clerk of Superior Court. Limiting access is by motion under Rule 21.1, after a hearing, with an order that specifies the part of the file limited, the nature and duration of the limit and the reason, and Rule 21.3 allows a temporary limit of up to 30 days under compelling circumstances.

Bankruptcy files for Georgia residents

Georgia has three bankruptcy districts: the Northern District at ganb.uscourts.gov, the Middle District at gamb.uscourts.gov and the Southern District at gasb.uscourts.gov, which serves 43 counties in southeast Georgia from offices in Augusta, Brunswick, Dublin, Savannah, Waycross and Statesboro. The schedules in any of them name the debtor's deposit accounts and employer and are public under 11 U.S.C. 107.

• Uniform Superior Court Rule 21 and 21.1Rule 21 public access and Rule 21.1 limitation orders
• Uniform Superior Court Rule 24.2The Domestic Relations Financial Affidavit and its sealing clause
• E-Access Court Records, Judicial Council of GeorgiaThe county by county vendor portals

The national guide covers what stays private, the collection tools for every asset class and what a search and levy can cost: Asset Search, what public records reveal and what stays private.