Cook County Clerk Office
The Honorable April Garrett is the Cook County Clerk of Superior Court. GSCCCA lists her as April M. Garrett, elected in 2008, with Cook County code 37. The office manages Superior and Juvenile Court records for this small Georgia county, while Probate Court separately handles probate, marriage, vital-record, traffic-citation, guardianship, firearms, and some misdemeanor matters. The State Court Structure Map resolves the clerk name for this project as Clerk of Superior Court.
The clerk's office is in the Cook County Courthouse at 212 N. Hutchinson Ave., Adel, GA 31620. The phone number is (229) 896-7717, and the fax number is (229) 896-7589. GSCCCA lists office hours as 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. The profile names Dawn Ward as chief deputy and lists staff divisions for notaries, civil, criminal, child support, real estate, accounting, UCCs, liens, juvenile, and related clerk services.
Cook County Clerk of Superior Court
Clerk: April M. Garrett
212 N. Hutchinson Ave.
Adel, GA 31620
(229) 896-7717
Fax: (229) 896-7589
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
The official Cook County Clerk of Superior Court page identifies the office, address, phone, fax, records handled, and records not open to the general public.
That local department page is the best starting point for Cook County clerk records because it states both office duties and public-access limits.
Cook County Clerk Duties
The clerk files and maintains records for criminal, civil, juvenile, adoption, garnishment, warrant, recording, real estate, lien, UCC, plat, and military discharge matters. The office also issues notary commissions, subpoenas, jury summonses, Fi Fas, bench warrants, bond forfeitures, and arraignment notices. Civil, criminal, and arraignment calendars are compiled through the clerk's office.
- Superior Court criminal, civil, garnishment, warrant, and calendar records.
- Real estate, liens, federal and state liens, lien pending records, plats, UCCs, and trade names.
- Notary commissions, subpoenas, jury summonses, Fi Fas, bench warrants, and bond forfeitures.
- Juvenile, adoption, and military discharge filings that are not available to the general public.
- Court ordered child support, jury management, intangible tax collections, and related clerk services.
The GSCCCA Cook County clerk profile adds the clerk's hours, county code, legal organ, chief deputy, staff divisions, and courthouse directions.
The GSCCCA profile is useful when a requester needs statewide clerk-system context in addition to the local county page.
Request Cook County Certified Copies
Certified copies are official copies confirmed by the clerk. They are commonly needed for court use, title work, judgment enforcement, agency filings, or proof that a court order exists. Cook County clerk copy fees were not found in the captured official clerk pages, so requesters should confirm the current copy, certification, search, and mailing charges before submitting payment.
- Identify the court and record type, such as Superior Court civil, criminal, real estate, lien, UCC, or plat.
- Gather the case number, book and page, instrument number, party names, filing date, or document type.
- Check PeachCourt for court documents or GSCCCA for land, UCC, lien, plat, notary, and PT-61 indexes when the record type fits.
- Call the Clerk of Superior Court at (229) 896-7717 if the record is not online or a certified copy is required.
- Confirm the fee, delivery method, and whether the record is public before mailing or visiting.
Cook County Request Fields
No separate Cook County clerk web request form was captured, so the practical request inventory uses the identifiers needed by the clerk and the statewide systems named in the research. More detail reduces staff search time and helps distinguish court cases from recorded property instruments.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Requester name and contact | Yes | Include phone or email so staff can confirm fees or restrictions. |
| Case number or instrument number | If known | Use case number for court files, book/page or instrument number for recorded records. |
| Party names | Yes when no number is known | Use plaintiff, defendant, grantor, grantee, debtor, secured party, or notary name as relevant. |
| Record type | Yes | State whether the request is civil, criminal, real estate, UCC, lien, plat, notary, or other. |
| Copy type | Yes | Say certified copy, regular copy, electronic copy, or search only. |
| Date range | Helpful | Use filing date, recording date, judgment date, or approximate year. |
| Delivery method | Yes | Ask about pickup, mail, PeachCourt, GSCCCA eCertification, or other available delivery. |
Cook County Clerk Fees
The official clerk page and GSCCCA profile did not publish a Cook County clerk copy-fee table in the captured research. The safest fee schedule is therefore a status table, not a made-up list. GSCCCA identifies premium search features and account-required certified search requests, while the local clerk should confirm current amounts for county-specific copy work.
| Item | Published Fee Status |
|---|---|
| Plain copy from Clerk of Superior Court | Amount not located in captured official clerk sources |
| Certified court copy | Confirm with clerk before submitting payment |
| Certified electronic record through GSCCCA | Account or portal workflow identified, exact Cook County amount not captured |
| GSCCCA premium searches | Premium/account status identified, exact fee varies by service |
| Probate Court traffic certified copy after court date | $10, cited by Probate Court for its traffic cases, not a Superior Court clerk fee |
Cook County Online Clerk Records
Georgia Courts e-access lists Cook Superior records through PeachCourt. The statewide page says users are redirected to the provider website and must have an account to search court records. PeachCourt advertises civil and criminal eFiling and court documents across Georgia. Because the public search fields were not visible before account access, the page should not be treated as a full field inventory for Cook County without logging in.
Recorded land, lien, UCC, plat, PT-61, notary, and certified search workflows use GSCCCA rather than PeachCourt. The GSCCCA menu includes real estate name search, book/page search, property search where supported, UCC basic name and file-number searches, lien name and book/page searches, plat searches, notary index search, PT-61 searches, and certified search requests for valid user accounts.
The GSCCCA statewide search menu shows the Cook County clerk record categories that can be searched through Georgia's clerk authority systems.
GSCCCA is especially important for Cook County real estate, UCC, lien, plat, notary, and PT-61 searches that are separate from Superior Court case documents.
Cook County Clerk Forms
Cook County's forms page links to several official form sources rather than hosting every document on one clerk page. The form menu includes Clerk of Court forms, domestic violence and protective order forms, inmate and habeas forms, juvenile forms, magistrate forms, probate forms, and superior court forms. Filers should choose forms by court and case type, then contact the clerk if they are unsure about filing logistics.
That menu matters because Cook County has a unified courthouse setting but not a single form path. A protective order form, a Superior Court civil pleading, an inmate or habeas form, and a probate petition can all be reached from the county forms page, yet each may have a different filing office, fee, and review process. The clerk can receive Superior Court filings, but Probate Court and Magistrate Court matters should not be forced into the clerk's Superior Court workflow.
- Cook County forms page for local court and office form links.
- GSCCCA Clerk of Court forms for clerk-related statewide filings.
- Georgia Courts family violence and protective order forms for qualifying protective-order matters.
- Superior Court forms for trial-court filings handled through the Clerk of Superior Court.
- Probate and magistrate forms for records outside the clerk's Superior Court role.
Cook County Clerk Access Limits
The clerk's official page states three important restrictions: juvenile records, adoption records, and military discharge records are not available to the general public. Those records may still be filed or managed by the clerk, but ordinary public search access is limited by law or policy. A person seeking one of those records should be prepared to show party status, legal authority, or a court order.
Those limits also affect online expectations. If a record category is restricted locally, a missing PeachCourt or GSCCCA result should not be read as proof that no file exists. It may mean the record is confidential, sealed, not indexed in that system, older than the available online index, or held under a different court's custody. The next step is to call the clerk with the record type and ask what proof of access is required.
For electronic certified records, GSCCCA lists an eCertification portal for certified court and real-estate records available every day. For eFiling, GSCCCA lists filing resources, and PeachCourt provides civil and criminal eFiling and court documents across Georgia. If the electronic path does not fit the record, the Cook County clerk counter remains the practical fallback.
The GSCCCA filing and eCertification page identifies Georgia eFiling, eCertification, family-violence forms, PT-61 eFiling, UCC, and notary resources tied to clerk record work.
That statewide filing page complements the Cook County clerk counter when a certified electronic record or statewide form path is available.