Associate Magistrate - Teresa L. Brown
Associate Magistrate - K. Joseph Hailey
Deputy Clerk - Deborah J. Scott

Location: Main Courthouse in the square in Hartwell
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

Hart County Magistrate Court Judges writes misdemeanor and felony warrants for Hart County. Magistrate Court holds first appearance hearings and sets bonds. Bad Check Warrants are handled through Magistrate Court.
Judge Cheely - Chief Magistrate holds preliminary hearings on warrants written in Hart County.
Judge Cheely - Chief Magistrate holds pre-warrant hearings.
Magistrate Court holds trials on Civil cases, Bad checks; County Ordinance Violations; Misdemeanor Citations - Criminal Trespass; Less than 1 oz marijuana; Shoplifting; Underage Consumption; littering.

Small Claims Court and Filing Fees Civil Suits:

The Hart County Magistrate Small Claims Court handles money claims up to $15,000.00
$66.00 One Defendant ; $25.00 Service Fee for each additional defendant
Interrogatories:$10.00 If filed within 30 days from judgment; $66.00 If filed after 30 days from judgment
Garnishments: $66.00
Foreclosure of Personal Property: $66.00
Dispossessory: $66.00
Abandoned Vehicles: $66.00
Writ of Fieri Facias-“Fi Fa”: $8.00
Warrants: $10.00