Catoosa County Clerk Records Office
The court-records clerk for Catoosa County is the Clerk of Superior, State & Juvenile Court. The official county and GSCCCA sources identify Tracy Hullender Brown, also listed as Tracy Brown, as the State and Superior Court Clerk. GSCCCA lists the office as managing Superior, State, and Juvenile courts, with Fancy Moran listed as chief deputy. That matters because Georgia does not use a district-clerk model for Catoosa court files. Felony, divorce, general civil, misdemeanor, traffic, and juvenile court records do not all belong to one case type, but the public-facing clerk office is the same court clerk for the three named courts.
The clerk office is the hub for ordinary Catoosa County court records, certified court copies, eCertification, and the CM Web Search system. The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Catoosa page links the Catoosa web search, eCertification, PeachCourt, standing orders, calendars, Drug Court, Wellness Court, the District Attorney, and the Public Defender ecosystem. The GSCCCA Catoosa clerk profile gives the counter address, phone, fax, office hours, courts managed, legal organ, and chief deputy.
The assigned image from the GSCCCA Catoosa clerk profile shows the statewide clerk profile source for the local office.
Use that profile for clerk counter details, while case searching and certified-copy routing may require the local court portal or circuit links.
Clerk of Superior, State & Juvenile Court
Clerk: Tracy Hullender Brown / Tracy Brown
875 Lafayette Street
Ringgold, GA 30736
(706) 935-4231
Fax: (706) 965-7431
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., excluding legal holidays and mandatory training hours
Catoosa County Clerk Record Duties
The Catoosa County Clerk of Superior, State & Juvenile Court keeps the court files created when cases are filed, heard, updated, and closed. Superior Court records include felony, divorce, and general civil matters. State Court records include misdemeanors, traffic violations, warrants, preliminary hearings, and civil matters not reserved only for Superior Court. Juvenile records are managed in the same clerk structure, but public access is limited by Georgia juvenile law and should not be treated like ordinary adult case access.
The clerk also connects users to electronic court services. The Catoosa CM Web Search landing page is branded as Catoosa County Public Records and offers party, associated-party, and case-number search paths. The same court ecosystem links PeachCourt for e-filing, circuit calendars for schedules, and eCertification for certified Court and Real Estate Records. For court records that need legal use, the public web result is a lead, not the final official copy.
The office also sits at the point where several Catoosa record types meet. A divorce decree is a Superior Court record, while a marriage license is a Probate Court record. A misdemeanor disposition may be a State Court record, while the arrest report or local criminal-history request may belong with the Sheriff's Records Division. The clerk can help with the case file, but the requester still needs to know whether the document is a court filing, a probate record, a sheriff record, or a county administrative record.
The assigned image from PeachCourt shows the Georgia e-filing portal linked from the Catoosa court ecosystem.
PeachCourt is useful for filing workflow, but it should not be confused with a public certified-copy request from the Catoosa clerk.
- Maintains Superior Court, State Court, and Juvenile Court case files.
- Supports public case searches through Catoosa CM Web Search.
- Provides certified-copy routing through the clerk and eCertification service.
- Receives in-person, phone, and mail questions about case records and copies.
- Works alongside circuit resources such as PeachCourt, calendars, standing orders, and specialty court links.
Catoosa County Clerk Search Fields
The public case-search path is the Catoosa County Public Records CM Web Search. The landing page does not expose every inner form field in plain text, and some linked screens redirected during research. Use only the visible search choices unless the live portal shows more fields during the actual session.
The assigned image from the Catoosa CM Web Search shows the county public records search entry point.
That search entry helps locate case records, but official use still requires the clerk's copy or certification process.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search By Party | Tab or link | Optional path | Use when a plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or criminal defendant name is known. |
| Search By Associated Party | Tab or link | Optional path | Useful when the person is connected to a case but may not be the main party. |
| Search By Case Number | Tab or link | Optional path | Best when a citation, civil action, indictment, docket, or case number is available. |
| Log-in | Link | Optional/authenticated | Authenticated access exists, but added access levels are not described on the landing page. |
| Zoom in/out | Browser control instruction | No | The portal references CTRL +, CTRL -, and scroll wheel zoom controls. |
Catoosa County Certified Copies
Certified copies are needed when a court document must prove an official filing, order, judgment, disposition, divorce decree, or other case action. The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit says the Clerk of Superior Court's Office offers eCertification services for certified Court and Real Estate Records at any time of day. That service is the best starting point when a certified copy can be requested electronically. Older files, sealed files, juvenile matters, or records that do not appear online may still require a call or counter request.
- Identify the case type first. Superior Court is the likely route for felony, divorce, and many civil matters, while State Court is the route for misdemeanors and traffic cases.
- Search the Catoosa CM Web Search by party, associated party, or case number if enough detail is known.
- Use the eCertification link from the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Catoosa page when the document can be requested as a certified Court or Real Estate Record.
- Call the clerk at (706) 935-4231 when the record is missing online, older, sealed, juvenile-related, or unclear.
- For State Court tickets and criminal cases, use the county phone tree: press 2 for State Court, then 1 for tickets and criminal cases.
- Confirm the fee and delivery method before paying because Catoosa certified-copy and eCertification fee amounts were not visible in the reviewed official text.
A Catoosa County web search result is not the same as a certified copy. Use the clerk or eCertification when the document must be filed, recorded, or used officially.
Catoosa County Clerk Request Fields
The court clerk source material did not reveal a single downloadable court-copy request form, so a good request should supply the facts the clerk needs to locate the file without guessing. Give the case number when possible. If the number is unknown, provide names, court type, approximate year, and the document needed. For non-court county records, the request should go to the County Clerk and GovQA instead of the court clerk.
For criminal matters, include whether the case was a felony, misdemeanor, traffic misdemeanor, or juvenile matter if known. For divorce records, include both party names and the approximate filing or final-decree year. For civil records, include the plaintiff, defendant, business name, or docket number shown on prior notices. Narrow requests help the clerk distinguish a court case from sheriff service papers, probate filings, and county administrative records.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or docket number | Recommended | Use the CM Web Search case-number path when the full number is known. |
| Party names | Yes if no case number | Include plaintiff/defendant, petitioner/respondent, or State of Georgia vs. defendant names. |
| Court type | Recommended | Superior, State, or Juvenile Court changes the access path and public-release limits. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include final order, judgment, divorce decree, disposition, docket sheet, or filing. |
| Copy type | Yes | State whether a plain copy, certified copy, or electronic certification is needed. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Give a phone number or mailing information so the clerk can confirm fees and delivery. |
Catoosa County Clerk Fees
Official sources reviewed did not show the court clerk's plain-copy, certified-copy, or eCertification amounts. The researched fee inventory does show several adjacent court and records fees that help users plan the right office and avoid sending payment to the wrong place. Confirm any court-copy cost with the clerk before mailing funds or relying on an online estimate.
| Office / Record | Fee | Source Note |
|---|---|---|
| Magistrate Statement of Claim, 1 defendant | $95.00 | Magistrate Court page, effective July 1, 2024. |
| Magistrate Garnishment, 1 defendant | $95.00 | Magistrate Court page, effective July 1, 2024. |
| Magistrate Foreclosure, 1 defendant | $95.00 | Magistrate Court page, effective July 1, 2024. |
| Additional defendant service for those filings | $50.00 | Magistrate Court service add-on. |
| Dispossessory / Eviction, 1 defendant | $70.00 | Magistrate Court page. |
| Additional defendant service for dispossessory / eviction | $25.00 | Magistrate Court page. |
| Court certified-copy / eCertification fees | Not located | eCertification exists, but the reviewed official text did not show an amount. |
Catoosa County Clerk Split
Catoosa has a court clerk and a separate administrative County Clerk. The court clerk handles case files and court copies. The Catoosa County Clerk at the County Admin Building handles county-government records, Board of Commissioners materials, board actions, open board positions, and general county open-records administration. GovQA is the public-records fallback for county-government and sheriff records, but it is not a substitute for a court clerk certified copy.
Use the court clerk first for court records. Use GovQA and the County Clerk for county administrative records. Use the sheriff's records process for sheriff reports, local criminal-history requests, older arrest restriction packets, warrants entered by sheriff records staff, and jail-related records. That split is the most common source of wrong turns in Catoosa County records work.
The split also affects timing. A GovQA request may receive a response under Georgia's open-records process, while a court-copy request follows the clerk's records workflow and may require certification, identity review, sealing review, or file retrieval. Probate Court has its own records search and its own limits, including the official note that online records for guardianships, deaths, and traffic are not available. Sending the request to the office that owns the record is the fastest path.
Note: Juvenile files, sealed records, restricted criminal-history records, and protected personal details may require a court order, party status, or direct review by the responsible office.