The Office Clerk of Superior Court Official Site of the Clerk of the Superior Court Cobb County Georgia, USA Each of Georgia's 159 counties has a Superior Court. The Superior Courts are the highest level trial court of the state.
Every county has four local elected officials whose positions are created by the State Constitution.
These are the Sheriff, Probate Judge, Tax Commissioner, and Clerk of Superior Court. These positions have four year terms and the person holding the office is responsible for performing the duties of that office as set forth by the State Legislature. The workload of a Superior Court Clerk's office is related to the size of the population of the county. The more people there are, the more court cases and real estate records there are that must be filed. An example is the fact that in the last 15 years the Cobb County Clerk's office has filed more cases and real estate records than were filed in the previous 152 years.