Newton County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

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

Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street
Room 338
Covington, GA 30014

Phone: (770) 784-2035
Fax: (770) 788-3717

Office Hours:
Monday – Friday
8:00am – 4:45pm

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 Newton County Clerk Of Courts’ Office does not publicly disclose information on recording backlog.

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

The Newton County Clerk’s Office DOES NOT ACCEPT personal checks for the payment of filing fees.

Make checks payable for filing costs to CLERK OF NEWTON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. Out-of-county service should be paid by separate check payable to the serving official. Any publication cost should be paid by separate check payable to the publisher and submitted to the clerk on filing.

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

Lien Fees

General Execution or Lien Recording: $5.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 for cross-indexing

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

Hospital Lien: $5.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 for cross-indexing

Federal Tax Lien: $5.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 for cross-indexing

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

Cross-indexing to previous instrument (mandatory or by request): $5.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page and $2.00 for cross-indexing

Real Estate Notice Filing (UCC-2): $10.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Personal Property Lien (Non-UCC): $10.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Copy Fees

Copy (unassisted): $0.50

Copy (assisted, all phone/mail requests): $1.00

Certified Copy: $2.50 for the first page

Certified Copy (after first page): $0.50 (in office); $1.00 (mail or phone request)

You can obtain a recorded copy of your lien in person at the Newton County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office located at:

Newton County Judicial Center
1132 Usher Street
Room 338
Covington, GA 30014

Phone: (770) 784-2035
Fax: (770) 788-3717

Office Hours:
Monday – Friday
8:00am – 4:45pm

The Clerk of Superior Court’s office houses all the real estate records dating back to 1821. These records are available to the public with some books remaining in storage and not easily accessible. The indexes to the records are hand written from 1821-1982. In 1983 the Real Estate Indexes were made digital and are available for view on computer printouts as well as on computer search terminals within the Clerk’s office.

Copy fees are as follows:

Copy (unassisted): $0.50
Copy (assisted, all phone/mail requests): $1.00
Certified Copy: $2.50 for the first page
Certified Copy (after first page): $0.50 (in office); $1.00 (mail or phone request)

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

You can also search Newton County’s Real Estate Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/RealEstate/deedindex.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 Newton County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office in person.

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

You can search Newton County’s Real Estate Index online at:
https://search.gsccca.org/RealEstate/deedindex.asp

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

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