Crawford Clerk of Superior Court
The official clerk site identifies Ryan Johnson as Crawford County Clerk of Court, and the State Court Structure Map resolves the local office name as Clerk of Superior Court. GSCCCA's Crawford clerk profile confirms Ryan Johnson as Clerk of Superior Court, year elected 2011, county code 39, and courts managed as Superior and Juvenile. GSCCCA also lists chief deputy Lacy Ivey, the legal organ as The Georgia Post, and the office hours as 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.
The office is the place to start for Crawford County Superior Court records, including civil complaints, domestic cases, felony and misdemeanor criminal filings, accusations, indictments, pleadings, warrants scanned by the clerk, jury records, liens, notary work, trade names, and real estate recordings. The clerk is not the Probate Court and does not issue marriage licenses, but divorce files are domestic civil records handled through Superior Court.
Crawford County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: Ryan Johnson
100 GA Highway 42 South
Knoxville, GA 31050
478-836-3328
Fax: 478-836-9170
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
The GSCCCA profile is the successful assigned image source for the Crawford County Clerk of Superior Court. The state clerk profile verifies the local office, courts served, address, hours, phone, and fax.
Use the profile as a cross-check when the clerk's own website is unavailable or a contact detail needs confirmation.
Crawford Clerk Record Duties
The clerk site separates its work into divisions. The Civil Division files, processes, stores, and retrieves civil Superior Court records. It manages Superior Court appeal records, mails court calendars to counsel and parties, prepares civil cost bills, manages the adoption docket, and scans civil proceedings into the computer system. Adoption docket references should not be treated as open public files because adoption records are generally restricted.
- Criminal Division filings include citations, accusations, indictments, pleadings, bond forfeitures, and grand jury presentments.
- Real Estate Division records land transactions, plats, liens, and related index records.
- Juvenile Division records involve children under Title 15, Chapter 11 and are not handled like ordinary public files.
- Jury staff maintain Traverse and Grand Jury pools, summons jurors, tracks service, and handles juror checks.
- Additional services include trade name registration, notary public applications, and General Execution Dockets.
Request Crawford Certified Copies
Certified copies from the Crawford County Clerk of Superior Court are commonly needed for divorce decrees, court orders, judgments, and other filed Superior Court documents. The clerk forms page lists official instructions for certified copies, but the PDF capture failed in the manifest because of a certificate error, so the practical request path is to contact the clerk directly or use the official forms page if reachable.
- Identify the record type, such as divorce decree, civil order, criminal disposition, lien, plat, or deed-related filing.
- Gather party names, filing year, case number if known, and the exact document requested.
- Call 478-836-3328 or visit the Clerk of Superior Court at 100 GA Highway 42 South.
- State whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed before staff quote the fee.
- Follow the clerk's payment, pickup, or mail instructions.
Crawford Request Form Fields
The research did not find an open public request form field set for certified copies, but it did capture the fields visible on the clerk's Icon Case Management login. Since that login does not expose public search fields without credentials, copy requests should include enough information for staff to locate the file.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | If known | Speeds Superior Court record lookup. |
| Party names | Yes | Use full names and prior names if relevant. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include decree, order, judgment, indictment, lien, deed, or plat. |
| Filing or recording year | If known | Useful for older records and index searches. |
| Certification needed | Yes | Say whether the copy must be certified for legal use. |
| Return method | Yes | Ask staff about pickup or mail options. |
Crawford County Clerk Fees
The clerk's Court Info page gives several local fees. It does not provide every copy or certification amount in the research, so those copy costs should be confirmed before submitting payment. Filing and recording fees should also be verified if a form is time-sensitive.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Civil complaint, domestic or non-domestic | $216 filing fee |
| Sheriff's entry of service | $50 per entry |
| Transfer fee | $50 |
| Real estate documents, except plats | $25 recording fee |
| Plat recording | $10 |
| Trade name registration | $171 |
| Notary public commission | $51 for four years |
| Liens and fifas | $25 |
| State and county tax liens | $5 first page, $2 each additional page, $2 cross-reference page |
Crawford Clerk Forms
The official forms page lists civil, domestic, real estate, protective order, divorce, name, trade name, and pro se resources. The clerk warns that forms are used at the filer's own risk, may not fit a case, laws can change, and an attorney is strongly recommended.
- Civil and Domestic Reporting Forms - used with civil and domestic filings.
- Divorce complaint packets - include several resident, nonresident, and no-minor-child options.
- Protective order petitions - include family violence, dating violence, and stalking petitions.
- Trade Name Registration - used for local trade name filings.
- Required Pro Se Affidavit and Notice - required when filing an action without an attorney.
Crawford Clerk Online Access
The clerk site has a Case Search link to Icon Case Management, but research found a login page with UserID, password, captcha code, Remember User Name checkbox, and a Log In image button. No open case-search fields were visible without credentials. The clerk also posts Superior Court calendar PDFs, which are often more useful for public docket timing than the gated case login.
The calendar page showed Superior Court motion dates, holiday closures, civil motion calendars, child support calendars, criminal status conference calendars, and criminal motion calendars. Those calendar PDFs can show when a case is scheduled even when the full case file must still be requested from the clerk.
For historic land index books, the county Superior Court page links to Kofile QuickLink. QuickLink is useful for older land indexes from 1830 to 1989, but it is not a full Superior Court civil or criminal case-search system. For court case copies, direct contact with the Clerk of Superior Court remains the most reliable Crawford County access path.
The same distinction matters for liens and judgment-related research. QuickLink can help with old land index books, while the clerk's General Execution Dockets cover liens against individuals, including hospital liens, federal and Georgia income tax liens, lis pendens, preliminary notices of lien rights, and notices of commencement. A requester who needs a court judgment, lien, or recorded instrument should tell the clerk which record group is needed before paying for copies.