Clerk Alert: 1/30/31 - Phone Scam Demanding Payment for Court Case, Tickets and Outstanding Court Fees


The DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court's Office will NEVER call you to request or demand payment over the phone.


IF YOU RECEIVE A CALL DEMANDING PAYMENT:

As soon as a caller threatens you, or demands a phone payment by debit card, credit card, gift card, CashApp, Paypal or by any other fast transfer or money wiring, HANG UP. It’s a scam!! Even if the caller ID looks official.


We do not process any payments over the phone.


Scammers are gaining access to public records - outstanding tickets, court fees, and law suits and are presenting real case numbers, and threatening jail for non-payment.


If you have any questions about an actual pending case or outstanding ticket, please contact that government office directly by their official posted contact information.

Clerk Alert: 4/18/19 - Phone Scam Targeting Citizens
Phone Scam Warning 

 

It has come to our attention that scammers are targeting citizens regarding their local property taxes or other official county business, pretending to be county employees.


Local news is reporting that scammers are pretending to be from the Clerk’s office or Magistrate/Superior Courts and threatening legal actions such as, fines, jail time or liens on property in exchange for personal information or payments. 

 

The DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office does not call citizens to request personal information, social security number, dates of birth or payments of any type over the phone. 

 

Even if the caller ID says, DeKalb County or The Clerk of Superior Court or any official looking identification, please hang up and contact the office through the official published number. 


If you receive a call of this nature, please report to Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Division and provide information at 404-651-8600 or 1-800-869-1123 (toll-free in Georgia, outside of the metro Atlanta calling area) to speak with a customer service representative.

 

If you have any questions about your current DeKalb County property tax status, go to https://dekalbtax.org/property-tax. 

If you have any questions about a call you have received from our office, please contact Chief Deputy Lisa Oakley at 404-687-3875. 

Clerk Alert: 4/4/19 - Passport Personal Information Scam 
Passport Website Scam Warning 


The Clerk's Office does not collect personal information or payments for passport applications over the web.


When applying for a passport, please bring the required application, identification, citizenship documents and payments

to our office:


DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court

556 North McDonough Street, Ground Floor,

Decatur, GA, 30030

We are not affiliated with any third party passport "processing" companies. If you have any questions, visit our Passport page.