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 on September 23, 2026.
Paulding County, Georgia, has about 189,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Paulding 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Paulding County public records, Paulding County arrest records, Paulding County warrants, Paulding County inmate search, Paulding County criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Paulding County
In Paulding County, the Paulding County Superior Court 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 Paulding County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at paulding.gov/1318/CASE-SEARCH (page title: CASE SEARCH | Paulding County, GA), phone 770 443-7527, 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 Paulding County
Together, the four agencies in Paulding County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,674 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Paulding County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at paulding.gov/139/District-Attorney (page title: Office of the District Attorney | Paulding County, GA), phone 770-443-7561, 280 Constitution Boulevard Dallas, GA 30132, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., 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 Paulding County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Paulding County criminal records, Paulding County divorce records, Paulding County traffic tickets, Paulding County DUI and Paulding County property records.
Cities in Paulding County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Paulding County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Paulding County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Hiram (5,520)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Paulding County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at paulding.gov/1318/CASE-SEARCH, phone 770 443-7527.
Which court hears felonies in Paulding County?
The Paulding 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 Paulding County?
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 Paulding County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.