Search Union County Court Records
Union County does not publish one local portal for every court and sheriff record. The useful search path is office based. Superior Court civil, felony criminal, divorce, deeds, plats, and covenants route to the Clerk of Superior Court. Probate estates, marriages, wills, guardianships, traffic dockets, and hearing calendars use Georgia Probate Records when the record is public and online. Sheriff citations, arrests, incidents, investigations, and jail records route to the Union County Sheriff's Office.
The Union County courts page is the local starting point for office names, while the county's Open Records Request page gives the practical routing phone numbers. Court records, property deeds, divorce decrees, plats, covenants, and restrictions go to the Clerk of Superior Court at 706-439-6022. Citations, arrests, incidents, and investigations go to the Sheriff's Office at 706-439-6066.
- Identify the record type before choosing a search channel.
- Use the Clerk of Superior Court for Superior Court civil, criminal, divorce, deed, plat, and covenant records.
- Use Georgia Probate Records for Probate Court estates, marriages, traffic dockets, wills, guardianships, and hearing calendars.
- Use the sheriff for arrest, incident, accident, citation, warrant-service, and jail records.
- Call the office of record when an online search is missing, restricted, old, sealed, or not yet indexed.
The Union County court landing page shows the court offices that handle local records.
That page is useful because the county court system is compact, but the record custody is still split by court and office.
Union County Court System
Georgia uses Superior Court as the general-jurisdiction trial court. In Union County, Superior Court is part of the Enotah Judicial Circuit with Lumpkin, Towns, and White Counties. The local court structure also includes Magistrate Court and Probate Court at the same courthouse complex in Blairsville. Union County does not list a separate State Court on its court page, so some traffic, game, and fish matters can be heard by Probate Court unless a jury trial is requested.
Case flow: Magistrate Court or Probate Court › Superior Court › Court of Appeals of Georgia or Supreme Court of Georgia.
| Court or office | Local role | Record examples |
|---|---|---|
| Superior Court | General trial court for Union County in the Enotah Judicial Circuit | Felony cases, civil cases, divorce, appeals from limited courts |
| Clerk of Superior Court | Record custodian for Superior Court and recorded instruments | Civil filings, criminal filings, deeds, plats, divorce decrees |
| Magistrate Court | Limited court for first appearances, warrants, and civil matters | Warrants, bond hearings, small claims, dispossessory cases |
| Probate Court | Court of record for probate, licenses, and some traffic matters | Estates, wills, guardianships, marriage licenses, traffic dockets |
The Georgia Courts homepage gives the statewide context for the court classes used in Union County.
State court terminology matters because Georgia's local trial court is Superior Court, not District Court.
Union County Courthouse Offices
The active courthouse address for Union County court records is 65 Courthouse Street, Blairsville, GA 30512. The Clerk of Superior Court, Magistrate Court, Probate Court, and Superior Court contact point are tied to that courthouse complex. Probate Court publishes the most specific counter limits: it is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closes from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., and ends walk-in customer hours at 4:00 p.m.
Clerk of Superior Court
65 Courthouse Street
Blairsville, GA 30512
706-439-6022
Magistrate Court
65 Courthouse Street, Suite 10
Blairsville, GA 30512
706-439-6008
Probate Court
65 Courthouse Street, Suite 8
Blairsville, GA 30512
706-439-6006
The Union County courts staff directory lists court contacts in one place.
Use the directory to confirm office hours before visiting, especially for Probate Court and suite-specific courthouse counters.
Union County Court Record Types
Union County court records include more than one type of file. Superior Court records include civil complaints, answers, motions, orders, felony charging papers, pleas, dispositions, sentences, and divorce decrees. Magistrate Court records include warrants, first appearances, bond hearings, bad checks, small claims up to $15,000, dispossessory cases, garnishments, foreclosures, Fi-Fa matters, abandoned vehicles, and interrogatories.
Probate Court records include estates, wills, guardianships, marriage licenses, vital records, weapons carry licenses, and some traffic or game and fish cases. The Probate Court page says records from 2014 forward are available online when public. Sheriff records are separate from court case files. They include incident reports, accident reports, citation processing records, arrest records, jail records, warrant service, civil process, and investigative records.
- Civil court records cover lawsuits, claims, judgments, garnishments, and writs.
- Criminal court records cover charges filed in court, pleas, motions, dispositions, and sentences.
- Marriage and divorce records split between Probate Court marriage licenses and Superior Court divorce decrees.
- Probate records cover estates, wills, guardianships, and conservatorships, with some restrictions.
- Traffic court records may involve Probate Court and sheriff citation processing.
What Union County Court Records Show
A Union County court record usually shows the court, case number, filing date, parties, attorneys, claims or charges, docket entries, hearing dates, orders, judgments, and final disposition. The exact fields depend on the court and case type. A traffic docket may focus on citation dates and court dates, while an estate record may focus on the decedent, filing date, petition type, fiduciary, and orders.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Case or citation number | The court-assigned identifier used to request or track a file. |
| Court name | Superior Court, Magistrate Court, Probate Court, or a related court office. |
| Party names | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, decedent, applicant, or cited person. |
| Docket entry | A dated filing, hearing, order, plea, judgment, continuance, or closure event. |
| Disposition | The final result, such as dismissed, guilty plea, conviction, acquittal, judgment, or order. |
| Redaction | Protected details withheld under law, court order, or office policy. |
Union County Public Record Access
Georgia's Open Records Act governs many requests to inspect and copy government records, but it does not make every court, jail, or probate record public. Union County's local routing page matters because it points the request to the office that actually keeps the file. The Clerk of Superior Court handles court records, deeds, divorce decrees, plats, covenants, and restrictions. The sheriff handles citations, arrests, incidents, and investigations.
Key Georgia access rules:
O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq. defines Georgia public records and supports inspection of nonexempt existing records.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-71 covers inspection and copying, while agencies do not have to create records that do not exist.
O.C.G.A. 50-18-72 allows exemptions and redactions for protected information.
O.C.G.A. 35-3-37 governs Georgia criminal-history record restriction.
The Georgia open-records overview explains the state framework behind local Union County requests.
Local office routing still controls the practical request path, even when the access right comes from state law.
Restricted Union County Records
Some Union County court records are not open through the normal public search path. Juvenile law-enforcement and court records are usually limited to authorized parties. Probate Court states that public records are available except information prohibited by law, including guardianships and weapons carry license records. Adoption, mental-health, protected victim, minor-identifying, Social Security, financial-account, sealed, and restricted criminal-history information may also be withheld or redacted.
Georgia's record restriction process is not the same as deleting every court file. GBI explains that O.C.G.A. 35-3-37 controls criminal-history restriction. For arrests after July 1, 2013, the person contacts the prosecutor. In Union County, that may mean the Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney when that office handled the case. For older arrests, the person applies through the arresting agency.
Union County Sheriff and Jail
The Union County Sheriff's Office is at 378 Beasley Street, Blairsville, GA 30512. The sheriff homepage names Sheriff Shawn Dyer and lists the main phone as 706-439-6066, fax as 706-439-6068, and jail phone as 706-439-6080. The office describes 24-hour patrol, investigations, S.E.R.T., warrant service, civil process, courthouse security, and inmate work details.
The Union County Jail is a local holding facility with 54 general beds and 3 observation beds. It holds pretrial detainees, people sentenced up to 12 months, and people awaiting transfer to state facilities. The official current-inmates page says the roster can change as people are booked and released, but the linked roster endpoint currently says it was removed per the sheriff's office. For full jail access details, use Union County inmate records and call the jail when the roster is unavailable.
The Union County Sheriff's Office homepage is the official law-enforcement contact source.
Sheriff records are important, but arrest and jail records are not the same as a final court disposition.
Union County Probate Searches
Probate Court is a major Union County record office because it handles estates, wills, guardianships, marriage licenses, weapons carry licenses, vital records, and certain traffic matters. It is a court of record. Its page says public records are available for inspection during regular business hours except when the law bars public inspection, and records from 2014 to present are available online.
| Georgia Probate Records module | Union County use |
|---|---|
| Estates | Search estate information by county, name, death date, and filed date. |
| Marriages | Search marriage records by county, party names, issued date, marriage date, or recorded date. |
| Traffic | Search traffic dockets by county, name, violation date, disposition date, and court date. |
| Hearings | Search hearing and traffic calendar information where public. |
Union County Records Fees
Union County research located specific fees for sheriff reports and marriage records, but not a full Superior Court copy-fee table. For Superior Court certified copies, recorded documents, and divorce decrees, call the Clerk of Superior Court before ordering. For Probate Court petitions, Georgia Probate Records provides a filing fee calculator, and Probate Court can confirm the final amount.
| Item | Amount or status |
|---|---|
| Sheriff incident reports | $0.10 per page |
| Sheriff motor vehicle accident reports | $5.00 per report |
| Sheriff state background check | $15.00 |
| Marriage license with qualified counseling certificate | $26 |
| Marriage license without qualified counseling certificate | $66 |
| Certified marriage copy | $10 each |
| Superior Court copy and certification fees | Confirm with the Clerk of Superior Court |
Union County Court History
Union County was created in 1832, and Blairsville remains the county seat and only incorporated community. The historic courthouse in downtown Blairsville was built in 1899 and now houses the Union County Historical Society, museum uses, and community events. It is not the active court-record courthouse. The current record offices use the 65 Courthouse Street courthouse complex.
The City of Blairsville historic courthouse page describes the downtown courthouse and its current museum role.
Knowing the difference prevents a common mistake: court-record requests belong at the active courthouse offices, not the museum courthouse.
Explore Georgia also documents the restored courthouse museum.
The history is useful for orientation, but active case files and copies come from the modern court offices.
Union County Court Terms
Short definitions help when reading Union County court records. A docket is the dated list of filings, hearings, orders, and case events. A disposition is the outcome of a charge or case. A warrant is a court order authorizing an arrest, search, or enforcement act. A bond is money or conditions set for release while a case moves forward.
- Complaint
- The first civil filing that states the claim and requested relief.
- Accusation
- A prosecutor-filed charging paper used in some Georgia criminal cases.
- Indictment
- A felony charge returned by a grand jury.
- Fi-Fa
- A Georgia writ or lien used to enforce a judgment.
- Record restriction
- Georgia's process for limiting public access to eligible criminal-history records.
Union County Court Records FAQ
Where are Union County Superior Court records kept?
Superior Court civil, criminal, and divorce filings are kept by the Clerk of Superior Court. The clerk also handles deeds, plats, covenants, restrictions, jury administration, and other recorded instruments.
Can Union County probate records be searched online?
Yes, for public Probate Court records from 2014 forward. Georgia Probate Records has modules for estates, marriages, traffic dockets, wills, guardianships, hearings, miscellaneous filings, and fee calculation, but some categories are restricted by law.
Is the Union County jail roster online?
The sheriff current-inmates page still references a roster, but the linked vendor endpoint currently says it was removed per the sheriff's office. Call the Sheriff's Office or jail for current custody information.
Who handles Union County warrants?
The Sheriff's Office Warrant/Civil Division processes, serves, and maintains local warrants. Magistrate Court is also important for warrants, first appearances, bond hearings, and related entries.