160 Pryor Street SW, Suite J-150
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 613-5085
7741 Roswell Road, #104
Atlanta, Georgia 30350
(404) 613-7640
5600 Stonewall Tell Road, Room 219B
Atlanta, Georgia 30349
(404) 612-3014
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No. Once a citation is bound over to State Court, you must appear before a judge to resolve it. Paying the fine is no longer an option.
Check the Court’s records online at www.fultonstate.org. Click on “Online Court Records”, then again. Click on Smart Search and search for the case by case number and/or defendant’s name and date of birth.
No. Citations which are bound over to State Court are actually forwarded directly to the state prosecutor (i.e. Solicitor General). State Court will have no record of your citation until that office files a formal accusation of your citation.
You may call this office at (404) 612-5085 every 1-2 months to see if a formal case has been created against you. Or, you may search our records online at your convenience here to see if a formal case has been created against you. Once you are able to locate your case, you may then change your address and the Court will update its records.
The judge assigned to your case may have issued a warrant for your arrest and/or suspended your driver’s license if you were cited for a traffic offense. To reset your case, appear in person at our office with a photo ID. The case will then be forwarded to your judge’s case manager who will reschedule your case for a court date and contact you with further information.
If you are NOT with a government agency, certified dispositions are available at a cost of $5. Payment must be rendered in the form of certified check or money order payable to “Fulton County State Court”. Cases for the current and previous year are stored on-site and are readily available. All other files are stored at our off-site archiving facility and must be requested from there. These files should be delivered to our office in 1-2 business days. You may request a certified disposition in-person at our office or via mail. If you elect to mail your request, be sure to include the case number, Defendant’s full name and date of birth, and a brief description of the charges (if available). Mail your request and payment to:
Fulton County State Court
ATTN: Criminal Division
160 Pryor Street SW, Suite J-150
Atlanta, GA 30303
If you ARE with a government agency, certified dispositions and/or disposition information are available at no cost. Simply email your request to Statecourt.dispositions@fultoncountyga.gov.
Our record retention policy (governed by Georgia law) provides that files be kept for 20 years after which time they are destroyed. For older cases, we offer a certified Case Summary which features the case charges and dispositions of each. This alternative is usually deemed acceptable in leiu of the original documents. This computerized Case Summary constitutes the Court’s currently available record in its entirety (no additional records are available).
Go to https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/inside-fulton-county/open-records-request to be redirected to The County’s Website where you may submit an Open records Request.
Simply email your request to Statecourt.NICs@fultoncountyga.gov.
Expungements are now referred to as “record restrictions” and are not allowed for convictions. If you were arrested and the charge later dismissed or dropped by the State, you may have the record restricted. Clickhere for additional information.
If the arrest occurred after July 1, 2013, it is automatically restricted. You do not need to do anything. If the arrest occurred before July 1, 2013, you may obtain an expungement packet from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation or the Fulton County Solicitor General and follow the steps outlined within it.
Email Nataki.embden@fultoncountyga.gov with all the information you have. To expedite the process, please provide the case number, Defendant’s full name and date of birth, timeframe of arrest and case charging, and a brief description of the charge(s). Once the court’s record is verified, the criminal history can be updated instantaneously.
You or your attorney must file a motion to have the case removed from the Dead Docket and dismissed. If you’d like to complete this process yourself, click here for a packet which includes instructions for the process along with a sample motion. Once submitted, the motion will be forwarded to the judge who presided over your case for consideration.