The mission of the Office of the Clerk of Court is to provide comprehensive and accurate records of the General Sessions Court (criminal), Court of Common Pleas (civil) and Family Court of Anderson County.
The mission of the Office of the Clerk of Court is to provide comprehensive and accurate records of the General Sessions Court (criminal), Court of Common Pleas (civil) and Family Court of Anderson County.
The office of the Clerk of Court supports the work of the General Sessions (criminal court), Common Pleas (civil court) and Family Court. Judges rely on the Clerk of Court to provide them with all documents and filings for the cases that they hear. In General Sessions (criminal) and Common Pleas (civil) Court, the Clerk’s office provides information and assistance to prospective jurors and active juries. Other duties include: receiving criminal warrants and transmission of them to the Solicitor; receiving bail; compiling trial lists; managing dockets of cases to be heard; staffing the courtroom while the court is in session; receiving fees, fines and costs; maintaining all court records; and submitting reports to a variety of state and federal agencies. Among the Clerk’s duties in Family Court are issuing Rules to Show Cause in cases where court orders have not been followed, and filing of Orders of Protection and transmittal of these orders to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies.
