Newton County Court Records

Newton County court records refer to any records documenting legal matters that occurred in the county’s jurisdiction. These records are generated and maintained by the local judiciary and its officials. Generally, such court records are kept to show that the legal process is followed and the public can use them for various purposes.

Some examples of court records include motions, judgments, subpoenas, exhibits, and appeals. These records can be maintained in various media, such as written or typed documents, computer files, audio and video records, and more. Collectively, Newton County records are considered part of Georgia court records.

Are Court Records Public in Newton County?

According to the Georgia Public Records Act, court records are public records. This means that court records are generally open to access and copying by the public except when required by law.

Even though most court records are public by law, there are some instances where they are exempted from disclosure or are confidential. Some of these include:

• Any records exempted by order of a court in the state of Georgia
• Any records specifically required to remain confidential by state or federal regulations or statutes
• Records of law enforcement, prosecution, or regulatory agencies in any investigations or prosecution of unlawful or criminal activities
• Jury list data collected and used for creating a state-wide master list including but not limited to personal information such as names, addresses, race, gender, phone number, and social security number.
• Any information or records covered by attorney-client privilege
• Records that reveal an individual’s personal financial information such as social security number, mother’s maiden name, bank account number, credit/debit card information, and passwords

Although the above examples are usually exempted from public disclosure, it may still be possible to request such records. Record seekers may still request exempted records if they obtain a court order. Section § 50-18-72 of the Public Records Act provides more complete information about the exemptions of certain records to public access.

Newton County Court Records Search

Different options are available for interested parties searching for Newton County records, including the following.

• Contact the Newton County Clerk of Courts
• Visit the Newton County courthouse where the case was heard
• Use the online case search page maintained by the county
• Engage a good third-party records website

Newton County Court Records Search by Name

Interested parties can perform name-based searches for Newton County court records via the following methods. Record searches can be made by contacting the appropriate clerk of court during business hours of Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Record requests may be made in person or by mail to the clerk of courts at:

Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street
Covington, Georgia 30014

Copies of court records cost $0.50 for unassisted copies and $1 per copy during any phoned-in or mailed requests. Certification of records costs $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page. For more information about requesting court records and fees, interested parties may call the clerk of courts at (770) 784-2035.

Name-based court record searches may be made using the Online Case Search page. Users may use the online search tool to look up Newton County Superior Court civil and criminal records online. The system provides the option to search by party and look up court records by the names of the parties involved. To pay for records and download or print them, the user must create an account using the online search tool. The Superior Court provides Instructions on how to use the online search.

Newton County Courts

The Georgia Court System has several tiers of courts making up the judiciary. The various types of operating in Newton County include superior courts, juvenile courts, probate courts, and municipal courts. Listed below are the locations of all the courthouses in Newton County.

Newton County Superior Court
Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street, Room 338,
Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (770) 784-2035
Fax: (770) 385-8930

Newton County Juvenile Court
Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street, Room 338,
Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (770) 784-2035
Fax: (770) 784-8930

Probate Court of Newton County
Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street, Room 148,
Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (770) 784-2045
Fax;: (770) 784-2145

Newton County Magistrate Court
Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street, Room 338,
Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (770) 784-2035
Fax;: (770) 784-8930

Municipal Court of Covington
1143 Oak Street SE,
Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (770) 385-2141
Fax: (770) 385-2198

Municipal Court of Oxford
110 West Clark Street,
Oxford, GA 30054
Phone: (770) 786-7004

Municipal Court of Porterdale
2 North Broad Street, P.O. Box 667,
Porterdale, GA 30070
Phone: (770) 786-2217

Newton County District Court Records

In Newton County, the Superior Court holds general jurisdiction over most cases. However, it mainly hears cases that are above the jurisdiction of the other courts. Smaller courts with limited jurisdiction include juvenile courts, probate courts, magistrate courts, and municipal courts. Listed below are some of the cases heard in the county superior court.

• Criminal cases
• Civil cases
• Juvenile cases
• Probate cases
• Domestic cases

Court records from the above cases at the Superior Court can be obtained from the Newton County Clerk of the Courts.

Newton County Criminal Records

Like Newton Count arrest records, criminal records may be available from local law enforcement, such as the Newton County Sheriff’s Office Usually, local law enforcement, like the sheriff, may provide criminal records and criminal history information for only Newton County. Interested parties may contact the Newton County Sheriff at:

Newton County Sheriff's Office
15151 Alcovy Road
Covington, GA 30014
Phone: (678) 625-1403

Record seekers are advised to contact the sheriff’s office by mail or phone using the contact details before any request.

State-level criminal history information may be obtained from the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Record seekers may visit the GCIC lobby for assistance with criminal history record requests. For any inquiries, go through the GBI criminal history FAQ or contact the GBI at (404) 244-2639 and email gacriminalhistory@gbi.state.ga.us.

Record seekers can also perform an online Georgia Felon Search. For a fee of $15, payable online via a credit card, the search will provide a full criminal history of the subject for Georgia. For the search to be valid, requesters must provide the subject's first and last names, date of birth, and sex. Criminal record searches can also be looked up online via the Georgia Applicant Processing Service (GAPS).

Newton County Criminal Court Case Lookup

Criminal court records for Newton County can be obtained from the Clerk of Courts for the Newton County Superior Court. Requests can be made in person or by submitting a written request to the clerk’s office by mail. In-person and mailed requests can be made to the clerk’s office located at the Newton County Judicial Center. Record seekers may call the clerk of the court office for assistance with making court record requests at (770) 784-2035.

Criminal court records for Newton County are also available online via the Online Case Search. Users may look up records by logging in as a guest but need to create an account on the search portal to search and download criminal records.

Get Newton County Civil Court Records

Newton County civil court records are records of legal issues concerning disagreements between different parties. Motions, pleadings, rulings, claims, summons, and judgments are some of the records produced by these cases. In Newton County, these records can be obtained from the Newton County Superior Court.

In-person requests for civil court records can be made while visiting the Superior Court clerk of courts. Requests can be made by coming to the clerk's office during office hours at the Newton County Judicial Center. Record requests can also be mailed a written request to the superior court at:

1132 Usher Street, Room 338,
Covington, GA 30014

For any inquiries or information about requesting civil court records, users may call the clerk's office at (770) 784-2035. Record seekers may obtain copies at a rate of $1 per page during mailed requests. Copies made by the requester themselves at the office cost $0.50 per page.

Online Newton County civil court records can be made using the Online Case Search page. Using the search tool, visitors can search for civil court records by party or case number.

Newton County Family Court Records

Newton County Family Court records are records of domestic cases in Newton County involving issues such as divorce, child support, alimony, paternity, visitation, and custody. The Newton County Superior Court clerk is the custodian of family court records.

Record seekers can either obtain the records offline by contacting the superior court directly or online using the case search database. In-person and mailed requests can be addressed to the superior court clerk at the office located at the Judicial Center in Covington. To obtain copies of court records, requesters are expected to pay copy fees. These are $0,50 per page if requesters copy the record themselves during a request in person and $1 per page if the office staff made the copies for a mail-in request. Online requests are made via the Online Case Search. Users can use the database to look up court records for Newton County, including family court records.

Newton County Marriage and Divorce Records

Marriage and Divorce records are considered vital records documenting important events in an individual’s life. In Newton County, these records are maintained by the Newton County Probate Court for marriage records and the Superior Court for divorce records.

To order a certified copy of a marriage record, the request would need to visit the probate court in person or mail in a completed Search for a Marriage form. Requesters would need to provide the names of the married couple, the marriage date, and state-issued photo ID. A copy of the identification should be included with the form and payment if the request is by mail.

In Newton County, certified copies of marriage records cost $10 for the first copy and $5 for each additional copy ordered with the first. Payment is accepted as a certified check or money order. Cash and card payments are also accepted during walk-in requests. It should be noted that all card payments have a convenience fee attached to them.

To obtain Newton County Divorce records, record seekers may visit the Clerk of the Superior Court office at the Judicial Center and make their request there. They can also mail a written request containing the names of the divorced parties, where the divorce was heard, and the case number to the superior court. Divorce records can also be sourced online using the Superior Court online case search database.

Newton Birth and Death Records

Newton County Birth and Death records can be obtained from the Vital Records office at the Newton County Probate Court. In Georgia, birth and death records are not public. Only certain eligible parties may request and access certified copies of these records. These include the following:

• The subject name on the certificate;
• The parents listed on the birth record
• An authorized legal guardian or representative
• Grandparents of the subject named on the certificate
• An adult child of the subject of the certificate;
• An adult sibling of the subject named on the certificate
• The spouse of the person named on the certificate

Birth certificates and death certificates are important vital records and useful documents that help verify a person’s identity, age, parentage, and nationality.

To obtain Newton County birth and death records, a copy of a Search for a Birth request form or a Search for a Death request form must be filled out. The completed form must be submitted to the Newton County Probate Court Vital Records Office. These forms can also be submitted to the Vital Records Office of the Georgia Department of Health. The form can be submitted in person or by mailing it to the office.

While making a request, applicants are expected to show a valid state-issued photo ID or include a copy of such an ID with their mailed request. Birth and death records for Newton County cost $25 for the first copy and $5 each for every additional copy order at that time. Payment is acceptable in cash or cards during walk-in requests and by money order and certified check during mailed requests.

Newton County Probate Court Records

Newton County probate court records are records from cases involving probate matters such as wills, estates, and other events surrounding the assets of the deceased. The Probate Court is also responsible for vital records, including birth, death, and marriage certificates. These records are generated and stored by the Newton County Probate Court. Record seekers can access such records by contacting the court directly.

Probate records can be requested in person at the Newton County Judicial Center or by mailing a written request to the Newton County probate court at:

Newton County Probate Court
1132 Usher Street, Room 149
Covington, GA 30014

It may also be possible to look up Newton County probate court records online via the Online Case Search page. The search tool on the website allows users to search by party name, case status, filing dates, and court division.

Newton County Property Records

Property records for Newton County are the records of property and transactions involving property within the county. Examples of such records include documentation of mortgages, trusts, liens, deeds, plats, tax valuations, and assessments. The Newton County Assessor and the Newton County Clerk of the Superior Court maintain these records.

To obtain property records for Newton County, record seekers may contact the assessor’s office directly or use their online search database. Requests and inquiries can be directed to the Assessor’s Office using the contact details below.

Newton County Assessor
1113 Usher Street, Suite 102,
Covington GA 30014
Phone: (770) 784-2030
Fax: (770) 784-2162

Property records can be looked up online using the County Assessor’s Database Search. Searches can be made based on the property owner’s name, the property’s location, parcel number, and other criteria.

The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority also provides a Real Estate Index for people searching for property. This index contains property records compiled from different counties from January 1990. This database contains property records such as liens and plats, and searches can be made by name and county. Property records requests can also be made by contacting the Newton County superior court clerk, where the record was filed directly.

Newton County Court Records Online

Third-party records websites may offer an option for obtaining Newton County court records. Websites such as Georgiacourtrecords.us are privately owned websites that offer users a convenient way to look up court records online. The user interfaces on these websites allow people to search for records using relevant criteria such as names, case numbers, and court dates. Some even have options to print or download the documents to personal devices, usually for a fee. However, it must be mentioned that since such sites are not official or government-affiliated, the accuracy of any information obtained cannot be guaranteed.