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.
Ware County, Georgia, has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Ware 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: Ware County public records, Ware County arrest records, Ware County warrants, Ware County inmate search, Ware County criminal records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Ware County
In Ware County, the Ware County Superior Court 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 Ware County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at warecountyga.gov/department-nodes/county-court-system (page title: County Court System-Ware County Government), phone (912) 490-4340, 800 Church Street Waycross, GA 31501, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the State Court and Magistrate Court, not to the Ware County Superior Court.
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 Ware County
Together, the two agencies in Ware County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,953 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Ware County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court.
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 Ware County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Ware County criminal records, Ware County traffic tickets, Ware County DUI and Ware County property records.
Cities in Ware County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Ware 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 one city in the county is Waycross.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Ware County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at warecountyga.gov, phone (912) 490-4340; it belongs to a lower court, the State Court and Magistrate Court, not to the Ware County Superior Court.
Which court hears felonies in Ware County?
The Ware 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 Ware 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 Ware 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.