Courts
The Honorable Betty Lynn Johnson
The Clerk of Superior Court provides the following services for Ben Hill County Residents
Filing records for:
- Criminal
- Juvenile
- Adoption
- Garnishments
- Warrants
- Recordings
- Real Estate
- Liens (Federal, State, Lis Penden, Etc)
- Hospital Liens
- UCC (Personal Property)
- Plat
- Military Discharge
This Office Issues:
- Notary Commissions
- Passports
- Subpoenas
- Jury Summons
- Fi Fa's
- Bench Warrants
- Bond Forfeitures
- Arraignment Notices
Compile Calendars for:
- Civil
- Criminal
- Arraignment
Records not available to the general public:
- Juvenile
- Adoption
- Military Discharge
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Robert W. Chasteen, Jr., Chief Judge T. Christopher Hughes, Judge Denise D. Fachini, Judge
The Honorable Lisa McCard, Chief Magistrate Judge
Order for In Person Proceedings During Pandemic
The Magistrate Court provides the following services for Ben Hill County:
- Issue and conduct civil claims
- Issue garnishments
- Writs
- Dispossessory
- Foreclosures
- Issue subpoenas
- Issue post judgment interrogatories
- Enforce county ordinances
- Perform marriages
- Issue search warrants
- Issue civil judgments
- Issue almost all criminal warrants
- Setup pre-warrant application hearings
- Issue bad check warrants (deposit account fraud)
- Hold bond hearings (set the amount of bond)
- Issue conditions orders on family violence warrants
- Execute and accept written waivers of extradition
- Can issue contempt orders
- Issue bench warrants
The monetary limit of the Magistrate Court is $15,000.
Magistrate Court Price List 2024
To Access eFile for Ben Hill County Magistrate Court Click Here
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The Honorable Melinda Marsh Stembridge, Probate Judge
The Probate Court provides the following services for Ben Hill County Residents
- Probate of Wills and Related Matters
- Appointment of Administrators and Related Matters
- Appointment of Guardianships and Conservatorships for Incapacitated Adults
- Appointment of Temporary Guardians for Minors
- Issue Marriage Licenses and Perform Marriage Ceremonies
- Issue Firearm Licenses
- Issue Certified Copies of Death Certificates
- Issue Certified Copies of Birth Certificates
- Issue Certified Copies of Marriage Certificates
- Handle Traffic Citations by the Ben Hill County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia State Patrol
- Handle Citations by the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Public Safety
- Hold Court for Traffic and DNR Citations
