White County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

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

59 S Main St
Suite B
Cleveland, GA 30528
Phone: 706-865-2613

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

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

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

Lien Fees

Lien: $5.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page of the same document and $2.00 per cross reference to another recording, whether state mandated or special request

Cancellation: $10.00 per instrument being released

Copy Fees

Copies, if court assisted: $1.00 per page
Certified Copies: $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page

You can obtain a recorded copy of your lien in person, by mail or online.

You can visit the White County Clerk of Court’s Office located at:

59 S Main St
Suite B
Cleveland, GA 30528
Phone: 706-865-2613

Records are made available to the public for property searches.

Copy fees are as follows:

Copies, if court assisted: $1.00 per page
Certified Copies: $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page

Mail

You can also obtain copies by mail. Cost must be paid up front and, if request is by mail, a self addressed stamped envelope must be provided.

Online

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

You can also search White 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 the White County Clerk of Court’s Office in person.

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

You can search White 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 White County Assessor at:
https://qpublic.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=982&LayerID=19945&PageTypeID=2&PageID=8692