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DeKalb Clerk of Superior Court

The DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court is Debra DeBerry. The office manages Superior Court records and land records for DeKalb County. Superior Court records include civil and family cases, felony criminal matters after indictment or accusation, divorce files, temporary protective orders, appeals, adoptions, and related filings. Land-record responsibilities include real estate records, plats, trade names, liens and FIFA items, notary, passports, property fraud registry, and related record services.

This page treats the Clerk of Superior Court as the primary court-record clerk only for Superior Court matters. State Court misdemeanors, State Court traffic, Magistrate small claims, evictions, garnishments, ordinance matters, and criminal arrest warrants are handled through the separate Clerk of State and Magistrate Courts. A felony final disposition should not be requested from the traffic counter, and a dispossessory record should not be requested from the Superior Clerk unless it was appealed or became part of a Superior Court file.

DeKalb Superior Clerk Duties

The Clerk of Superior Court keeps the official filings, docket entries, and certified copies for DeKalb Superior Court. For civil and family cases, the Clerk's civil page links record search, eFileGA, and self-help resources. For criminal matters, the Clerk's criminal page links the Odyssey criminal search and explains certified final disposition copies. Superior Court criminal cases reach this office after the District Attorney brings formal charges by indictment or accusation and the filing is entered with the Clerk.

• Maintain DeKalb Superior Court civil, family, felony, divorce, appeal, adoption, and protective-order filings.
• Provide public record search access through the DeKalb Judicial Information System/Odyssey portal where available.
• Issue regular and certified copies of Superior Court documents, including final dispositions.
• Support e-filing channels for Superior Court cases through eFileGA and self-represented litigant resources.
• Maintain land records, plats, trade names, liens, FIFA records, notary, passport, and property fraud registry services.

The county open-records request page is a fallback for county department records, but Superior Court case files should start with the Clerk of Superior Court.

The county channel does not replace the clerk copy process when the record sought is a Superior Court filing.

Search DeKalb Superior Clerk Records

Superior Clerk civil/family and criminal pages link to the DeKalb County Judicial Information System, also described in the research as the Odyssey portal. The civil and family records page links civil/family record search and eFileGA. The criminal records page links criminal record search and certified disposition information. Statewide access can also involve re:SearchGA for participating Georgia counties, and Georgia Courts' e-access materials warn that provider access may require an account.

Note: Some document viewing may be account-gated, role-limited, paid, sealed, or available only from the clerk counter.

Certified DeKalb Superior Copies

Certified copies are needed when a reader must prove the official status of a case outcome or filed order. The Clerk's criminal page says certified copies of a Superior Court final disposition can be picked up in person at the Clerk's Office on the ground floor of the DeKalb County Courthouse. The same research says final dispositions are available and entered within 24 hours of the hearing date. Regular copies are not the same thing as certified copies.

1. Identify the Superior Court case type and case number if available.
2. Search Odyssey or re:SearchGA to confirm party names, filing date, and the document needed.
3. Decide whether the request is for a regular copy or a certified copy.
4. Contact or visit the Clerk of Superior Court at the ground-floor office for copy availability and payment.
5. For mail requests, include party names, case number, document requested, copy type, return address, and payment payable as directed by the Clerk.
6. For felony final dispositions, allow for the local entry timing described by the Clerk after the hearing date.

DeKalb Clerk Request Fields

A well-formed Superior Clerk records request reduces misrouting and copy delays. The research does not provide a single downloadable request form for all Superior Court records, so the field inventory below is based on the official clerk request channels and the Odyssey search-field inventory. Use the strongest identifiers first.

DeKalb Superior Clerk Fees

The Superior Clerk criminal page gives the most specific copy pricing in the research. Certified final disposition copies cost more for the first page, then a lower amount for each added page. Regular copies are priced per page. A court-related public-record source also identified plat copies, but the Clerk's own criminal page should control criminal final disposition copy requests.

The Georgia Attorney General open-government page provides open-records context, but court records still route first through the clerk that keeps the case file.

Open-government law helps frame access, while certified copy costs come from the Superior Clerk's record process.

DeKalb Clerk Technology

DeKalb's court-record systems are tied to Tyler technology. Research notes that Tyler's 2023 release described the Clerk of Superior Court transition from on-premises systems to SaaS powered by AWS. The migration involved Enterprise Justice, Enterprise Corrections, pretrial services, Electronic Signatures, Electronic Notices, batch scanning, Records Management, eFileGA, and re:SearchGA. This technology background explains why the public sees several related but distinct tools: local Odyssey search, eFileGA for filings, and re:SearchGA for statewide participating-county search.

For users, the practical rule is simple. Search for case identifiers online, file through the correct e-filing path when filing is allowed, and contact the Clerk for certified copies or documents not visible online. General county open records, Sheriff records, Police reports, State Court misdemeanors, Magistrate evictions, and Probate Court estate records have their own routes.