Burke County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

You can file your mechanic liens in person at the Burke County Clerk of Courts’ Office located at:

200 East 6th Street
Waynesboro, GA 30830

Phone: 706-554-2279
E-mail: radeta.smith@gsccca.org

Office Hours
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

You can also file your lien documents electronically.

Lien eFiling facilitates the electronic filing of lien documents via the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority eFile portal at https://efile.gsccca.org/Home.aspx. The Authority can accept lien documents for filing on behalf of participating counties using two different methods:

METHOD 1: Interested filers can contact one of the value added submitters listed below, who have demonstrated the ability to submit lien documents through the Authority portal. Payment for filings will be handled through an agreement with the selected value added submitter.

Approved Value Added Submitters:

CSC, Corporation Service Company
https://www.erecording.com/
eDocs Solutions
https://www.edocsrecording.com/
eRecording Partners

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Indecomm Global Services
http://www.indecomm.com/
Simplifile
https://simplifile.com/
(Note that if you are a value added submitter and would like to be included on this page, you can contact help@gsccca.org).

METHOD 2: All payments for filings submitted directly through the Authority eFile portal must be paid by credit card, bank account ACH transfer or escrow account. Note that a 3.5% transaction fee is applied to credit card payments and a $1.00 transaction fee is applied to bank account ACH transfers to cover costs.

The Burke County Clerk of Courts’ Office does not publicly disclose information on recording backlog.

If your construction project is located in Burke County, then yes, you should file your lien here.

The Burke County Clerk of Courts’ Office accepts cash, money order, cashier check or business check. Note that a fee of $30.00 will be charged for any check returned by the financial institution.

The Burke County Clerk of Courts’ recording fees are as follows:

Lien Fees

General Executioner Lien Recording: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Materialman’s Liens, Notices, Bonds: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Hospital Lien: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Federal Tax Lien: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

All Lien Cancellation or Release per instrument: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Personal Property Lien (Non-UCC): $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Cross-indexing to previous instrument (mandatory or by request): $2.00

Real Estate Notice Filing (UCC-2): $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Copy Fees

Copy, Uncertified, if no assistance required: $0.50 per page
Copy, Uncertified, if assistance is required: $1.00 per page
Copy, Certified or Exemplified: $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each page after first
Copy, Faxed or Electronic; $2.50 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after first

You can obtain a recorded copy of your lien in person at the Burke County Clerk of Courts’ Office located at:

200 East 6th Street
Waynesboro, GA 30830

Phone: 706-554-2279
E-mail: radeta.smith@gsccca.org

Office Hours
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Copy fees are as follows:

Copy, Uncertified, if no assistance required: $0.50 per page
Copy, Uncertified, if assistance is required: $1.00 per page
Copy, Certified or Exemplified: $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each page after first
Copy, Faxed or Electronic; $2.50 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after first

You can search Burke County’s Lien Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/Lien/lienindex.asp

You can also search Burke County’s Real Estate Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/RealEstate/propertysearch.asp

Every user must have an account to view and print images. The monthly charge for a regular account is $11.95. The cost to subscribe for a Single-Use account is a one-time activation fee of $5.00. However, a Single-Use account can be upgraded to a Regular account any time before the account expires.

The images may be viewed without charge and may be printed for a charge of $0.50 per page. Any method of accessing the images other than by printing is strictly prohibited.

You can get the property’s legal description from the Burke County Clerk of Courts’ Office in person.

You can search Burke County’s Lien Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/Lien/lienindex.asp

You can also search Burke County’s Real Estate Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/RealEstate/propertysearch.asp

You can also search for property legal descriptions online with the
Burke County Assessor at:
https://qpublic.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?App=BurkeCountyGA&Layer=Parcels&PageType=Search

The fee to file a Lien Notice in Burke County, Georgia is $5.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 for cross-indexing.