Irwin County Clerk Office
The official Irwin County court-record clerk name is Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court. The county page lists services for real estate, liens, plats, UCCs, trade name registration, notary certificates, adoptions, civil and criminal matters, and military discharge records. The statewide GSCCCA profile lists the courts managed as Superior and Juvenile, gives county code 77, names the legal organ as the Ocilla Star, and shows a small staff for the office.
There is one source conflict. County materials still showed Nancy Ross as Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court at inspection, while the GSCCCA Irwin County clerk profile showed Melissa Drawdy as Clerk of Superior Court, year elected 2026. Because GSCCCA is the statewide clerk authority profile, the contact block below identifies Melissa Drawdy as the GSCCCA-listed clerk while noting that current office names should be verified before a formal filing.
Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court
GSCCCA-listed clerk: Melissa Drawdy
301 S Irwin Ave, Suite 103
Ocilla, GA 31774
229-468-5356
Fax: 229-468-9753
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
The county's clerk page is shown in the source image below.
Source: Irwin County Clerk of Superior Court page
This local source establishes the record categories handled by the Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court.
Irwin County Clerk Records
The Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court is the office for Superior Court civil and criminal filings, divorce files, juvenile court routing, recorded land records, liens, plats, UCCs, trade names, notary certificates, adoption filings, and military discharge recordings. It is not the estate or marriage-license office. Probate Court handles estates, wills, guardianships, marriage licenses, vital records, weapons carry, and the local probate traffic payment route.
- Superior civil records, including complaints, answers, motions, orders, judgments, and docket entries.
- Superior criminal records, including felony filings, public charge records, pleas, orders, disposition, and sentence papers.
- Divorce records, because Georgia divorce cases are Superior Court matters.
- Land, lien, plat, UCC, trade name, and notary-related recordings listed by the county clerk page.
- Juvenile, adoption, and DD214 records, with confidentiality limits that restrict public access.
The GSCCCA source image below supports the statewide clerk profile details used for Irwin County Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court records.
Source: GSCCCA Irwin County clerk profile
The GSCCCA profile is also the source for the courthouse hours, fax number, courts managed, and county-specific clerk listing.
Request Certified Clerk Copies
Certified copies are official clerk-stamped copies used when a court order, divorce decree, judgment, recorded instrument, or disposition must be accepted by another agency, court, employer, school, or licensing office. Irwin County copy fees for the Superior/Juvenile clerk were not located in official sources, so a copy request should start with a phone call or counter visit to confirm the amount, payment type, and whether the file is public.
- Identify the court and file type. Use the Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court for Superior civil, criminal, divorce, and Juvenile Court routing.
- Gather the case number if known, party names, approximate filing date, document name, and whether a certified or plain copy is needed.
- Call 229-468-5356 or visit Suite 103 to confirm copy availability, access limits, fee, payment method, and turnaround.
- For online Superior Court case access, use Georgia Courts e-access, choose Irwin Superior, and follow the PeachCourt provider account route.
- Pick up the certified copy or arrange delivery as directed by the clerk. Bring photo ID if the record type may require identity verification.
Clerk Request Fields
No official Irwin-specific clerk copy request form was located, but the county page links form resources and the county contact system uses message fields. A useful Irwin County Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court records request should give the clerk enough detail to find the file without guessing. For public case files, court records are best handled by clerk channels rather than a general agency open-records request.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or recording reference | Helpful | Use the exact case number, deed book/page, instrument number, or filing reference if known. |
| Party names | Yes | List plaintiff and defendant, spouses, grantor/grantee, or the juvenile party if authorized. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include divorce decree, final judgment, disposition, lien, plat, trade name, or DD214. |
| Filing or recording date | Helpful | An approximate year can help older or non-digitized searches. |
| Certified or plain copy | Yes | Certified copies require clerk certification and may cost more. |
| Requester contact information | Yes | Include phone, email, and mailing address so the clerk can confirm fees or limits. |
For sheriff records, arrest reports, or jail records, use sheriff channels instead of the clerk. For estate and marriage records, use Irwin County Probate Court.
Irwin County Clerk Fees
Official Irwin sources did not publish a copy-fee table for the Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court. The fee table below therefore separates located facts from missing items. Do not assume another Georgia county's fee schedule applies to Irwin. Confirm current copy, certification, recording, and search costs with Suite 103 before mailing payment or appearing with a filing.
| Item | Amount or Rule Located |
|---|---|
| Superior/Juvenile clerk plain copies | Fee not located in official Irwin sources. |
| Certified Superior/Juvenile copies | Fee not located in official Irwin sources. |
| Search fee | Fee not located in official Irwin sources. |
| PeachCourt account or document costs | Account required for search; Irwin-specific public fee not listed in research. |
| Probate vital record first copy | $25, handled by Probate Court, not this clerk. |
| Marriage license | $76, or $36 with written counseling proof, handled by Probate Court. |
Irwin Clerk Forms
The county clerk page links to GSCCCA Clerk of Court Forms, Georgia Supreme Court Juvenile Court Forms, the Tifton Circuit court calendar, FANS, and other service resources. Use the form source that matches the case type. Juvenile forms are not a public lookup path, and submitting a form does not make a restricted juvenile or adoption file public.
- Irwin County clerk page for local service links and clerk contact.
- GSCCCA Irwin clerk profile for statewide clerk listing and office details.
- Georgia Courts e-access for the Irwin Superior provider route.
- PeachCourt access for registration, login, civil and criminal eFiling, and court documents.
Online Clerk Access
Georgia Courts e-access lists Irwin Superior and redirects searchers to PeachCourt. The official e-access page says users must have an account to search court records. PeachCourt's public access page shows Register and Forgot Password options and identifies civil and criminal eFiling and court documents across Georgia, but the actual case search fields were not publicly inspectable without login.
The Filing Activity Notification System, or FANS, is linked from the Irwin clerk page and is useful for recording-related alerts. It is not a full case-search replacement. For older, restricted, or non-digitized files, call or visit the Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court. For administrative agency records, the Georgia Open Records Act may help, but court case files still route through clerk access rules.
Restricted Clerk Records
Juvenile Court records are routed through the Clerk of Superior Court and Juvenile Court, but juvenile files are not ordinary public records. O.C.G.A. 15-11-40 restricts access and information sharing for juvenile and child-related records. Parties, attorneys, authorized agencies, and people with a court order may have access depending on the case.
The source image below is tied to juvenile confidentiality in Georgia.
Source: O.C.G.A. 15-11-40 juvenile confidentiality
This confidentiality rule explains why juvenile matters listed under the clerk cannot be treated like open civil docket files.
O.C.G.A. 15-11-709 also addresses juvenile court record preservation and destruction. Adoption files, DD214 recordings, sealed criminal records, protected identifiers, and restricted criminal-history information can also be limited, redacted, or unavailable without court approval.
Source: O.C.G.A. 15-11-709 juvenile record preservation
The preservation statute supports a cautious request process for juvenile records, especially when a file may be sealed, restricted, or subject to destruction rules.
The clerk page also lists adoptions and military discharge records among local services. Adoption records should be treated as confidential unless a court order or statute allows access. DD214 military discharge recordings also require care because they can contain sensitive personal information. A public land, lien, or civil file request should not be used as a model for these restricted record types.
Research also found a current-source conflict for the clerk name: the county page still showed Nancy Ross, while the GSCCCA Irwin profile showed Melissa Drawdy as Clerk of Superior Court with year elected 2026. For time-sensitive filings, certified copies, or official correspondence, verify the current name with the office before addressing papers, but use the same Suite 103 clerk channel for Superior and Juvenile records.