Whitfield County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

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

205 N Selvidge Street
Dalton, GA 30720
Phone: (706) 275-7450

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

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

You can make payments for real estate filings to the Whitfield County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office online at:
https://www.ncourt.com/x-press/x-onlinepayments.aspx?juris=7BA6597B-6E01-4109-AA54-E5BBD34AEF83

You can also make a payment by phone, you can call (877) 685-4495 Mon – Fri 8am – 8pm and Sat – Sun 10am – 2pm EST.

Note that there is a service fee for processing payment(s) online or over the phone. The total charge amount will be displayed prior to submitting the payment. Once you have submitted your payment, you will receive an email letting you know if your payment has been accepted or rejected.

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

Lien Fees

General Execution or 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

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

Real Estate Notice Filing (all UCC’s 1 & 3 aka old UCC-2): $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

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

Computer Printouts, per page or equivalent: $2.50

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 Whitfield County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office located at:

205 N Selvidge Street
Dalton, GA 30720
Phone: (706) 275-7450

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
Computer Printouts, per page or equivalent: $2.50
Copy, Faxed or Electronic: $2.50 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after first

You can also search the Whitfield County’s Electronic Land Records online at:
http://fsearch.kofile.us/whitfieldga/

You can get the property’s legal description from the Whitfield County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office in person.

You can search the Whitfield County’s Electronic Land Records online at:
http://fsearch.kofile.us/whitfieldga/

You can also search for property legal descriptions online with the
Whitfield County Assessor at:
https://gis.whitfieldcountyga.com/GIS/Public/searchparceldata.asp

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