Real Estate E-Recording Estate Documents

Mandatory UCC eFiling

The Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court Clerk's office is proud to announce mandatory UCC eFiling becomes effective January 1, 2022.

In an effort to provide ease and convenience, the Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court Clerk's office, in conjunction with the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, has developed an online electronic filing portal. Go to https://efile.gsccca.org, register and begin filing electronically.

We hope that you find this service to be beneficial as the Clerk's office continues to explore and implement new ways to improve services delivered to the citizens of Chatham County.

E-Recording Real Estate Documents

Chatham County offers e-Recording through various vendors. This allows customers to file and record documents with the Superior Court Clerk's office electronically and within minutes. You can now e-Record your real estate documents using any of the following vendors:

Plats

Effective January 1, 2017, all plats filed in Georgia must be filed electronically (OCGA 15-6-67). In order to efile plat documents in Georgia you must register online. Any questions should be addressed to GSCCCA at (800) 304-5174.

MANDATORY E-FILING FOR SELF-FILERS WITH ID VERIFICATION

Effective January 1, 2025, all self-filers MUST eFile real estate documents. All individuals eFiling must have their identity verified through the Clerks' Authority eFile portal,  https://efile.gsccca.org. This ID verification includes photographic verification. There are no exceptions.
The following groups may still file via paper:

  • Federally insured banks or credit unions
  • Georgia-licensed attorneys
  • Mortgage lenders, (Georgia licensed or exempt)
  • Mortgage servicers, (as such term is defined in 12 C.F.R. Section 1024.2)
  • Georgia-licensed surveyors
  • Georgia-licensed title insurance companies
  • Georgia-licensed real estate brokers or salespersons
  • Any public official performing their official duties
*PLEASE NOTE: However, if a filer from one of the eight groups listed above chooses to eFile, they MUST have their identity verified, just as self-filers.

Identity verification of individuals electronically filing is performed by the Clerk's Authority. The Clerks' Authority's eFiling portal,  https://efile.gsccca.org, is the ONLY portal through which real estate documents can be eFiled. All real estate documents, including liens and plats, that are eFiled will require ID verification effective January 1, 2025. UCC documents, except those filed on the real estate records, will not require ID verification when eFiled.

Every person eFiling a real estate document must have successfully completed ID verification, which includes photographic verification. The GSCCCA system maintains the account holder status after verification.

For additional information regarding Identity Verification through the GSCCCA eFiling portal, please review this helpful guide from GSCCCA.

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