Bibb County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

You can file your mechanic liens in person at the Bibb County Superior Court Clerk’s Office located at:

Bibb County Courthouse
601 Mulberry Street, Room 216
Macon, Georgia 31201

P: (478) 621-6527
F: (478) 621-5823
F: (478) 621-6033

You can also file your lien documents electronically.

Lien eFiling facilitates the electronic filing of lien documents via the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority eFile portal at https://efile.gsccca.org/Home.aspx. The Authority can accept lien documents for filing on behalf of participating counties using two different methods:

METHOD 1: Interested filers can contact one of the value added submitters listed below, who have demonstrated the ability to submit lien documents through the Authority portal. Payment for filings will be handled through an agreement with the selected value added submitter.

Approved Value Added Submitters:

CSC, Corporation Service Company
https://www.erecording.com/
eDocs Solutions
https://www.edocsrecording.com/
eRecording Partners

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Indecomm Global Services

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Simplifile
https://simplifile.com/
(Note that if you are a value added submitter and would like to be included on this page, you can contact help@gsccca.org).

METHOD 2: All payments for filings submitted directly through the Authority eFile portal must be paid by credit card, bank account ACH transfer or escrow account. Note that a 3.5% transaction fee is applied to credit card payments and a $1.00 transaction fee is applied to bank account ACH transfers to cover costs.

The Bibb County Superior Court Clerk’s Office does not publicly disclose information on recording backlog.

If your construction project is located in Bibb County, then yes, you should file your lien here.

The Bibb County Superior Court Clerk’s Office accepts credit card payments.

The Bibb County Superior Court Clerk’s recording fees are as follows:

Lien Fees

Materialman Liens: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Cancellation of Liens: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Cross Reference Fee: $2.00 per document

General Execution or Lien Recording (FiFa or Judgment)(No charge to issue FiFa):

Cancellation or Release or GED: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Hospital Lien: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Hospital Lien Cancellation or Release: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Federal Tax Lien: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Federal Tax Lien Discharge: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Federal Tax Lien Release or Subordination:

Notice of Commencement: $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Real Estate Notice Filing (UCC-1 with Box 6 checked for real estate):
$10.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Personal Property lien (Non-UCC) (Chattel Mortgages in old book):
$10.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page

Copy Fees

Copy, Uncertified: $0.50 per page
Copy, Uncertified, if assistance is required: $1.00 per page
Copy, Certified or Exemplified: $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page
Electronic copies: $2.50 for the first page and $1.50 for each additional page

You can obtain a recorded copy of your lien in person at the Bibb County Superior Court Clerk’s Office located at:

Bibb County Courthouse
601 Mulberry Street, Room 216
Macon, Georgia 31201

P: (478) 621-6527
F: (478) 621-5823
F: (478) 621-6033

Copy fees are as follows:

Copy, Uncertified: $0.50 per page
Copy, Uncertified, if assistance is required: $1.00 per page
Copy, Certified or Exemplified: $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page
Electronic copies: $2.50 for the first page and $1.50 for each additional page

You can also search Bibb County Clerk of Superior Court’s Real Estate index online at:
https://bibbclerkindexsearch.com/External/User/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fexternal

Effective July 1, 2019 Bibb, Georgia Clerk of Superior Court is no longer charging a Subscription Fee. You only pay $.50 per page to print. Once the image is purchased, the Unofficial watermark will be removed.

Note that there is a $2.00 minimum credit card purchase (to recover costs) that can be avoided by funding a pre-paid account in the system.

You can get the property’s legal description from the Bibb County Superior Court Clerk’s Office in person.

You can search Bibb County Clerk of Superior Court’s Real Estate index online at:
https://bibbclerkindexsearch.com/External/User/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fexternal

You can also search for property legal descriptions online with the
Bibb County Assessor at:
http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/TaxAssessors/index1.html

The fee to file a Real Estate Notice in Bartow County, Georgia is $10.00 for the first page, $2.00 for each additional page.