Glascock County Bankruptcy Records

Bankruptcy records for Glascock County are stored in the federal court system, not at the county courthouse in Gibson. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia oversees all bankruptcy cases filed by residents of this small east-central Georgia county. You can look up Glascock County bankruptcy filings online through PACER or get basic case details at no charge by calling McVCIS. The Southern District clerk office keeps all petitions, docket entries, discharge orders, and supporting documents on file for anyone to review.

Southern District Court for Glascock County

All Glascock County bankruptcy cases go to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The court has staffed offices in three locations. Augusta is the closest to Glascock County, located at the Federal Justice Center, 600 James Brown Blvd, Augusta, GA 30901. The phone number there is (706) 823-6000. Savannah and Brunswick also have full-service offices.

Hon. Michele J. Kim is the Chief Judge. Dana M. Wilson serves as Clerk of Court. If you need to mail anything related to a Glascock County bankruptcy filing, send it to PO Box 1487, Augusta, GA 30903. The Augusta office is open Monday through Friday. Glascock County is one of 43 counties under the Southern District's jurisdiction.

The court also has offices in Dublin, Statesboro, and Waycross, but those are only staffed when hearings take place there.

How to Search Glascock County Bankruptcy Records

PACER is the fastest way to look up bankruptcy records from Glascock County. You create a free account and search by name or case number. The system returns docket sheets, filed documents, and case status updates. It runs 24 hours a day. Any Glascock County case filed in the Southern District will show up here.

The PACER Case Locator searches across all federal courts in the country. Use it if you know a person's name but not which district handled their case. This is helpful for people who may have lived in Glascock County at some point but could have filed elsewhere.

For a no-cost option, call McVCIS at 1-866-222-8029. This toll-free line is automated and available every day. Select the Southern District of Georgia from the menu. The system gives you the debtor name, case number, chapter type, filing date, judge, trustee, and current status. You won't get copies of documents, but it tells you if a case exists.

Glascock County Bankruptcy Fees and Costs

PACER charges $0.10 per page. The fee caps at $3.00 for single documents of 30 pages or fewer. Viewing records on the public computer terminals at the Augusta clerk office costs nothing. Printing from those terminals runs $0.10 per page.

Mail and in-person copy requests cost $0.50 per page. If you need a certified copy, add $12.00 per document. The search fee for cases where you do not have a number is $34.00, and you submit that request using Form B1320. Pay with a money order or certified check payable to "Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court." Cash works for in-person visits at the Augusta office. These fees are standard across the whole Southern District and apply to all Glascock County bankruptcy searches.

Bankruptcy Case Types Filed in Glascock County

Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 are the most common types of bankruptcy filed by Glascock County residents. Chapter 7 involves liquidation. Non-exempt property gets sold to pay creditors, and most remaining debts are wiped out. The process usually takes three to four months from start to finish.

Chapter 13 is a repayment plan. The debtor keeps assets and pays back a portion of debts over three to five years. This works for people with steady income who just need time to catch up. Given the rural nature of Glascock County, some filers may qualify for Chapter 12, which is designed for family farming operations. Chapter 11 covers business reorganization and is rare for individual residents. Each chapter creates its own set of records in the federal system, and all are searchable through PACER.

Glascock County Exemptions in Bankruptcy

Georgia has opted out of the federal bankruptcy exemptions. Glascock County filers must use the state schedule under O.C.G.A. 44-13-100. Here are the key protections:

• Homestead: up to $21,500 (or $43,000 for married couples with home in one name)
• Motor vehicle: $5,000
• Personal property: $5,000 total, no item over $300
• Jewelry: $500
• Tools of the trade: $1,500
• Wildcard: $1,200 plus up to $10,000 of unused homestead

Social Security, workers compensation, unemployment, and veterans benefits are fully exempt in Glascock County bankruptcy cases. There is no dollar cap on those. Retirement accounts like 401(k) plans and IRAs are also protected.

Glascock County Clerk and Local Records

The Glascock County Clerk of Superior Court in Gibson handles state-level records. This office deals with civil suits, criminal cases, deeds, and liens. It does not keep bankruptcy records. Still, county records can connect to a bankruptcy case. A deed transfer or lien release recorded in Glascock County might be part of a debtor's bankruptcy proceedings.

The Georgia Superior Court Clerks Cooperative Authority lets you search state court records from all Georgia counties online. Use it for deed and lien searches. For the bankruptcy filing itself, you always go to the Southern District federal court.

The Southern District court website shown above is where Glascock County bankruptcy cases are filed and managed.

Archived Glascock County Bankruptcy Cases

Closed cases eventually move to the National Archives and Records Administration. If a Glascock County bankruptcy case does not show up in PACER, it may be stored with NARA. Call the Augusta clerk office at (706) 823-6000 to get the accession number, location number, and box number needed to place a NARA request. Archived records take several weeks to arrive, so plan ahead.

Note: Always check with the clerk office first before ordering from NARA to confirm the case has actually been archived.

Filing Requirements for Glascock County

Georgia state exemptions are only available if you have lived in the state for at least 730 days before your filing date. Glascock County residents who recently moved from out of state may have to use their former state's exemptions instead. The re-filing limits are straightforward. Eight years between Chapter 7 filings. Four years from a Chapter 7 to a Chapter 13. Two years between Chapter 13 filings. These federal rules apply to every Glascock County resident the same way.

Nearby Counties

Glascock County is surrounded by several rural east Georgia counties. Most of these are also in the Southern District. The search process for bankruptcy records from neighboring counties is identical.