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.
Rabun County, Georgia, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Rabun 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: Rabun County public records, Rabun County arrest records, Rabun County warrants, Rabun County inmate search, Rabun County criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Rabun County
Court cases from Rabun County are filed in the Rabun County Superior Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit.
Below it, 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 Rabun County
For Rabun County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at rabuncounty.ga.gov/superiorcourt (page title: Clerk of Superior Court | Rabun County GA), phone 706-960-9709, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Rabun County
Together, the three agencies in Rabun County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 518 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Rabun County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at rabuncounty.ga.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Rabun County GA), phone 706-960-9768, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Rabun County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Rabun County criminal records, Rabun County divorce records, Rabun County traffic tickets and Rabun County DUI.
Cities in Rabun County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Rabun 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.
The cities and towns in the county are Clayton, Mountain City, Sky Valley, Tiger, Dillard and Tallulah Falls.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Rabun County?
The Rabun 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 Rabun 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 Rabun 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.