Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Lawrenceville, Georgia, in Gwinnett County, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Gwinnett County Superior Court and the State Court and Magistrate Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of Superior Court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files and common questions.
Related guides: Lawrenceville public records, Gwinnett County court records, Lawrenceville arrest records, Lawrenceville warrants, Lawrenceville inmate search, Lawrenceville criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Lawrenceville
Court cases from Lawrenceville are filed in the Gwinnett County Superior Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit.
The State Court and Magistrate Court take misdemeanors and traffic cases in the State Court where the county has one, otherwise in the Probate Court; small claims and warrants in the Magistrate Court.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Superior Court, and the file stays with the Clerk of Superior Court.
The Clerk of Superior Court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Georgia Open Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Lawrenceville
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at gwinnettcourts.com/casesearch (page title: Gwinnett Courts | Case Search), phone 770-619-6100, 75 Langley Drive Lawrenceville, GA 30046, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Georgia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Georgia court page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
What Reaches the Court from Lawrenceville
Together, the eight agencies in Gwinnett County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,748 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Gwinnett County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at gwinnettcounty.com/government/departments/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Gwinnett County | Gwinnett), phone 770.822.8400, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Lawrenceville guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Lawrenceville criminal records, Lawrenceville divorce records, Lawrenceville traffic tickets, Lawrenceville DUI and Lawrenceville property records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Lawrenceville?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at gwinnettcourts.com/casesearch, phone 770-619-6100.
Which court hears felonies in Lawrenceville?
The Gwinnett County Superior Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit. The State Court and Magistrate Court take misdemeanors and traffic cases in the State Court where the county has one, otherwise in the Probate Court; small claims and warrants in the Magistrate Court.
Who keeps the court records in Lawrenceville?
The Clerk of Superior Court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Georgia?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Lawrenceville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.