LONG COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT
PAYMENT METHODS: Cash, Money Order, MasterCard, or Visa.
(There is a convenience fee based on the amount of your filing when using credit or debit.)
We DO NOT accept personal checks
Jurisdiction: issue warrants, minor criminal offenses, civil claims involving amounts of $15,000 or less, county ordinance violations, dispossessories, landlord/tenant cases, bad checks, issue search warrants/warrants for arrest to law enforcement, and set bail for defendants.
No jury trials are held in Magistrate court.
COURT FILING FEES
STATEMENT OF CLAIM (Money Claim) ……………………………………...…… $105.00
Includes one service, send in the original
AFFIDAVIT OF DISPOSSESSORY……………………………………………………. $80.00
Includes one service, send in the original
FORECLOSURE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY…………………………………….. $105.00
Includes one service, send in the original
GARNISHMENT................................................................................................................$105.00
INTERROGATORIES…………………………………………………………………… $10.00
(Judgment IN Long County)
INTERROGATORIES………………………………………………………………….. $105.00
(Judgment OUT of Long County)
FIFA (with judgment)………………………………………………………………...……$29.00
CANCEL FIFA (fee made payable to superior court)……………………………...……$25.00
NULLA BONA (fee made payable to superior court)………………………………...….$25.00
CRIMINAL WARRANT APPLICATION…………………………………………...… $20.00
BAD CHECK WARRANTS……………………………………………………………... $20.00
ABANDONED VEHICLES…………………………………………………………...…. $10.00
SUBPOENA (with judges signature only)…………………………………………….… $10.00
TRANSFER OF CASE………………………………………………………………...…. $22.00
Magistrate County to County
SHERIFF’S SERVICE and/or RE-SERVICE…………………………………………. $50.00
[Send self addressed stamped envelope when filing]