Welcome to Alcovy Judicial Circuit

Serving Walton & Newton Counties

IMPORTANT INFORMATION / CLOSURES

The Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr. Judcial Center will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025, in observance of Presidents’ Day.

For other holiday/closing dates, see Calendars/General.

Important Information from the Clerk of Superior Courts

NEW! The Newton County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office is pleased to announce the new eCertification services that provide users the ability to electronically request certified Court and Real Estate Records 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  A trip will no longer be required to the Clerk’s office to have a paper copy certified. The public can now access this new online service.
eCert Flyer – Click here for more information

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Newton & Walton County Superior Court Clerk’s office in conjunction with the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) is pleased to offer the Filing Activity Notification System, FANS, providing Georgia citizens with tools to monitor activity regarding their property and records.
FANS Flyer – Click here for more information.

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EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS RE PREPARATION
FOR ALL SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CALENDARS

         The Court expects you to speak to your clients BEFORE you are called in front of a Judge.  It takes time out of the Court’s schedule to have attorneys called before the Judge and then ask for time to go and speak with their clients.  All Judges want this done PRIOR to the Judge taking the bench.  At least 30 minutes or more is wasted per person when the Court has to wait on attorneys to contact their clients during the actual calendar call, and it disrupts the flow of criminal court proceedings and the Court’s time and resources.”

        The Georgia Department of Corrections has provided the information below related to Legal Conference requests for attorneys with clients in the prison system.
GDC Court Services/Legal Conference Request

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Effective October 6, 2023 – Order Regarding Electronic Recording and Use of Cell Phones in the Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr. Judicial Center

Effective October 6, 2023 – Pursuant to Uniform Superior Court Rule 22, electronic recording shall not take place in any courtroom of the Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr., Judicial Center unless permission is granted by the judge in that courtroom. See the link below for Rule 22 and Request to Record Proceedings.

Cellphones are allowed in the judicial center but must be turned off prior to entering any courtroom and remain off while in the courtroom in order to avoid disruption of court proceedings. Anyone who needs to turn on his or her phone while in the courtroom must ask permission of the judge presiding in that courtroom at that time.

Any person violating any term of this order may be held in contempt and punished by confinement in the county jail for up to 20 days, imposition of a fine up to $1,000.00, or both.

Click the link shown below for a copy of the order entered.

Order Regarding Electronic Recording and Use of Cell Phones in the Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr., Judicial Center

Regarding Use of Electronic Devices

Rule 22 – Regarding the use of electronic devices in courtrooms and recording of judicial proceedings has been amended effective May 1, 2018.  Rule 22 and Request to Record Proceedings

GBI Notice

Special Notice from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation – Human Trafficking Notice