Search Cartersville Civil Court Records

Civil court records for Cartersville are filed with the Bartow County Superior Court Clerk in Cartersville, the county seat. Cases involving Cartersville parties and properties run through both the Bartow County Superior Court and the Cartersville Municipal Court, depending on the type of matter. This page explains how to find civil court records tied to Cartersville, which courts maintain them, how to access documents online through the GSCCCA system, and how to get copies from the Bartow County clerk's office.

Bartow County Civil Records Covering Cartersville

As the Bartow County seat, Cartersville is home to the courthouse where all county civil court records are held. The Bartow County Superior Court Clerk maintains civil case files, dockets, judgment rolls, and recorded instruments for the entire county, including every case tied to a Cartersville address. The Superior Court handles civil disputes with no dollar cap, equity matters, real property actions, and appeals from lower courts. If the civil matter involves significant money or complex legal issues, it is almost certainly in the Superior Court docket.

Bartow County Magistrate Court handles civil claims up to $15,000, landlord-tenant disputes, and civil warrant matters. Cartersville residents involved in smaller civil disputes, evictions, or neighbor disputes may have records in Magistrate Court rather than Superior Court. Each court has its own docket and case filing system, so you may need to check both if you are not sure where a case was filed.

Cartersville also has a Municipal Court that handles city ordinance violations, traffic citations within city limits, and minor criminal matters. Municipal Court civil records are separate from the county civil court records held by the Bartow County Superior Court Clerk.

Cartersville Municipal Court and County Courthouse

Cartersville Municipal Court handles matters within the city's jurisdiction. While Municipal Court primarily deals with ordinance violations and traffic cases, understanding the difference between it and the Superior Court helps when you are searching for civil court records. The city's municipal court page shown below gives you contact details and explains what types of cases the court handles in Cartersville.

Access the Cartersville Municipal Court page for contact information, court schedules, and details on the types of cases handled within Cartersville city limits.

The Municipal Court page covers the scope of cases handled at city level in Cartersville, which helps you determine whether a matter you are researching is in the city court or in the Bartow County Superior Court system.

For civil cases at the county level, the Bartow County Courthouse in Cartersville is where you go to inspect files, request copies, and search the civil docket. The Superior Court Clerk's office processes all civil filings, issues certified copies, and maintains the permanent civil court record for Bartow County. Staff can help you determine whether a case is in Superior Court or Magistrate Court based on the case details.

Online Search for Cartersville Civil Records

The GSCCCA portal at gsccca.org is the main online system for searching recorded civil instruments in Bartow County. This covers judgment liens, security deeds, lis pendens filings, and other recorded civil documents tied to Cartersville properties. The portal shown below is the Bartow County clerk profile within the GSCCCA system, where you can search by party name or document type.

Visit the Bartow County GSCCCA clerk profile to search recorded civil instruments, judgment liens, and real estate documents for Cartersville and the rest of Bartow County.

The Bartow County GSCCCA profile lets you search recorded documents by name, book and page, or instrument type for civil records tied to Cartersville and surrounding Bartow County areas.

The statewide re:SearchGA case management system also covers Bartow County and lets you search active and closed civil case dockets by party name or case number. Use this tool to check on pending civil lawsuits, confirm case status, or look up case history for a Cartersville party. The FANS property fraud alert service at fans.gsccca.org is free for Cartersville property owners who want alerts when documents are recorded against their Bartow County real estate.

Access Rights for Cartersville Civil Court Records

Georgia's Open Records Act at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 makes civil court records in Cartersville and Bartow County open to public inspection. You can look at civil case files, docket entries, and recorded instruments at the clerk's office without showing a reason for your request. The law gives everyone the same right to access these records, whether you are a party to the case, an attorney, a researcher, or just a member of the public with a legitimate question about a civil matter in Cartersville.

Civil e-filing for Bartow County Superior Court uses the statewide Odyssey eFileGA system at efilega.tylertech.cloud. Attorneys must use this platform for civil filings. Once a civil case is filed, it enters the Superior Court docket and becomes a public civil court record under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-61. Self-represented parties in Cartersville can file paper documents at the clerk's counter at the Bartow County Courthouse.

Nearby Qualifying Cities

These nearby cities also have civil court record pages, each managed through the Superior Court of their respective county.