Dawson County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

You can file your mechanic liens in person at the Dawson County Clerk of Court’s Office located at:

25 Justice Way, Suite 1302
Dawsonville, GA 30534

Phone: 706.344.3510
Fax: 706.344.3511

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 Dawson County Clerk of Court’s Office does not publicly disclose information on recording backlog.

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

The Dawson County Clerk of Court’s recording fees are as follows:

All real estate documents, except assignments and plats: $10.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 per cross reference.

Liens: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page.

Preliminary Notice of Lien rights: $10.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Notice of Commencement: $10.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

You can obtain a recorded copy of your lien at the Dawson County Clerk of Court’s Office located at:

25 Justice Way, Suite 1302
Dawsonville, GA 30534

Phone: 706.344.3510
Fax: 706.344.3511

You can search Dawson County’s Land Records online at:
http://www.dawsonclerkofcourt.net/LandRecordsSearch/

Records are made available to the public for property searches. Access to a copy of a lien may require paying a fee.

You can also search Dawson County’s Lien Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/Lien/lienindex.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 Dawson County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office in person.

You can search Dawson County’s Land Records online at:
http://www.dawsonclerkofcourt.net/LandRecordsSearch/

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

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

The fee to file a Preliminary Notice of Lien Rights in Dawson County Georgia, is $10.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 per cross reference.