Ware County Clerk Office
The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority lists Samantha Bennett as Ware County Clerk of Superior Court. The GSCCCA profile identifies Ware's clerk as managing Superior and State courts, with Chief Deputy Kelly Murray and office contacts for civil and criminal areas. The Ware County court-system page describes the clerk as an elected constitutional officer serving four-year terms.
The clerk's office is also where court-record readers must separate court files from county administrative records. The Ware County management page names the County Clerk as Board of Commissioners records custodian, but that office does not replace the Clerk of Superior Court for Superior Court, State Court, land, lien, UCC, and related court or clerk records.
Ware County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Samantha Bennett
800 Church Street
Waycross, GA 31501
Mail: P.O. Box 776, Waycross, GA 31502
(912) 490-4340
Fax: (912) 490-4495 on county page; GSCCCA lists (912) 490-2498
Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The GSCCCA Ware County clerk profile lists the local clerk and court services.
That statewide profile confirms the unified Superior and State Court clerk structure used for Ware County records.
Ware County Clerk Duties
The county court-system page gives a detailed list of duties for the Clerk of Superior Court and deputy clerks. The office serves as custodian for land and property records as well as civil and criminal files in courts served. It also processes civil, domestic, garnishment, adoption, criminal, accountability-court, jury, passport, and Board of Equalization functions.
- Superior Court and State Court civil and criminal filing and record custody.
- Deed and property recording, transfer tax, intangible tax, plats, surveys, liens, UCC, and trade names.
- Domestic court filings, garnishments, adoptions, child-support receiver duties, and court registry management.
- Fine and fee collection, disbursement, jury management, passports, notary public certificates, and Board of Equalization work.
The clerk page also states that staff cannot give legal advice under O.C.G.A. § 15-19-51. Staff may help with office procedures, but legal choices, filing strategy, and whether to seek sealing or restriction should be addressed with a licensed attorney.
Ware County Clerk Searches
Many Ware County clerk records are searched through GSCCCA rather than a local case-search page. GSCCCA offers statewide search categories for real estate, PT-61, UCC, lien, plat, notary, and other indexes. Some features are free, while subscription and premium features are used for advanced access. Select Ware County when the system asks for a county filter.
| Field label | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Search category | Link or tile | Real Estate, PT-61, UCC, Lien, Plat, Notary, Carbon Registry. |
| County | Dropdown or filter | Use Ware County for local records where available. |
| Name | Text | Used for real estate, PT-61, UCC, lien, plat, and notary searches. |
| Book / page | Text | Offered for real estate, lien, and plat indexes. |
| Document or file number | Text | Used in PT-61 and UCC workflows. |
| Instrument type | Dropdown | Premium real estate instrument-type search. |
The GSCCCA search page is the official statewide entry for those Ware County clerk indexes.
Use that system for clerk-index records before calling the office for older, certified, or case-file-specific needs.
Request Certified Clerk Copies
Certified copies are used when a plain printout is not enough. Ware County certified court copies and certified real-estate recordings may be available through the clerk or through GSCCCA eCertification for eligible records. The eCertification workflow requires a GSCCCA universal account for new requests, then clerk processing and final payment authorization.
- Identify the record type, court, party names, filing year or date range, and case or book/page number if known.
- Decide whether the record is a court case file, land or property recording, lien, UCC, plat, notary index, or another clerk record.
- For eligible digital certified records, sign in to GSCCCA eCertification, submit a new request, and choose Ware County.
- Complete the required request fields and wait for the clerk processing status.
- When the request is ready for final payment authorization, authorize payment and retrieve the certified document or follow clerk instructions.
The GSCCCA eCertification instructions describe the digital certified-copy workflow.
Those instructions are useful when a Ware County record can be requested through the statewide certified-document portal.
The GSCCCA eCertification portal is the direct access point for certified digital requests and authentication lookup.
The portal also lets users authenticate an existing certified document by code when that feature applies.
Clerk Request Details
Ware County did not publish one public clerk request form for all Superior and State Court records in the research file. Mail and counter requests should give the clerk enough detail to find the file, determine whether it is public, calculate any copy or certification cost, and return the document through the chosen method.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or book/page | No, but helpful | Use if known to reduce search time. |
| Party names | Yes | List all names used in the case or recording. |
| Court or record type | Yes | Superior, State, real estate, UCC, lien, plat, notary, or other. |
| Date range | Helpful | Approximate filing or recording year helps narrow the search. |
| Document names | Yes when known | Order, judgment, divorce decree, deed, lien, or certified copy. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Include phone, mailing address, and payment instructions requested from the clerk. |
Ware County Clerk Fees
The public Ware County clerk sources reviewed did not publish a full local copy or filing fee table. The safest path is to call the clerk before mailing payment for plain copies, certified copies, case searches, filing fees, or passport services. The statewide GSCCCA records systems did publish subscription information and premium-feature notes.
| Item | Fee or note |
|---|---|
| GSCCCA Regular account | $14.95 monthly subscriber fee effective July 1, 2025 |
| GSCCCA Premium account | $29.95 monthly subscriber fee effective July 1, 2025 |
| Premium GSCCCA searches | Address, map, daily, and instrument-type searches are premium features |
| eCertified copies | Public landing page does not publish fee; payment is authorized after clerk processing |
| Local plain and certified court copies | Fee not located in official Ware County clerk sources; call clerk |
| Filing fees and passports | Local schedule not located on the Ware court page; confirm with clerk or official fee source |
Common Ware Clerk Paths
The county research found several official online paths tied to clerk records and filing workflows, but the Ware court-system document center did not show court-specific PDF forms for the clerk department. Use the official portals for the record class they serve, and use the clerk directly when the document is not online or needs certification.
- GSCCCA Search for real estate, PT-61, UCC, lien, plat, notary, and related indexes.
- GSCCCA eCertification for eligible certified digital court and real-estate records.
- PeachCourt for Georgia civil and criminal e-filing and document access where available.
- Georgia Courts e-file records for statewide e-filing provider guidance.
Mail and Online Filings
Mail requests to the Clerk of the Court should go to P.O. Box 776, Waycross, GA 31502, with enough detail to identify the record and the copy type needed. In-person requests go to 800 Church Street during posted weekday hours. Phone requests can start with (912) 490-4340, and fax use should be confirmed because the county page and GSCCCA profile list different fax numbers.
For e-filed civil or criminal work, PeachCourt and Georgia Courts e-file resources may be involved. Registration is required for many e-filing and document workflows, and some access may be account-based. Do not treat e-filing access as a complete substitute for the clerk counter when a certified copy or older case file is needed.
The PeachCourt portal is one of the official e-filing access paths used in Georgia.
Use PeachCourt for eligible e-filing and document access, then verify certified-copy needs with the Ware County clerk.
The Georgia Courts e-file page explains the statewide e-filing provider model.
That statewide page helps explain why Georgia filing and records access can redirect users to a provider rather than one county-only search box.