eFile Terms of Use
Under Georgia law, GSCCCA is the sole owner of its compiled and developed information. None of the
materials contained on this site or any part thereof, including any information, products and/or software
related to the materials, may be compiled, bundled, grouped, reproduced, shared, transmitted,
transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means
without the express written permission of GSCCCA except documentation kept by licensed users for
backup purposes. Users of this site are granted a limited license to access the materials made available
on this site. No user or any other party is permitted to sell, share, transfer, loan, license or market the
materials or to engage in any similar transaction related to the materials contained on this site to any
extent under any circumstances. GSCCCA provides any and all materials and other information and/or
software distributed on this site "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including
but not limited to, the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. In no event shall GSCCCA be liable for any loss of profits, lost business, loss of use of data,
interruption of business, or for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind.
GSCCCA may revise the terms of use of its site from time to time without notices other than posting on
its site.
The performance of this website and all information contained on, downloaded or accessed from this
website are provided to you on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind whatsoever, including
any implied warranties or warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-
infringement of the rights of third parties. GSCCCA shall be not responsible for any problems or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, internet access
providers, computer equipment, software, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to
your or any other person's computer as a result of using this website.
As a visitor to our website, you acknowledge and agree that any reliance on or use by you of any
services, tools, products or information available on this website shall be entirely at your own risk. In no
event shall GSCCCA nor any of its data providers be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential or
exemplary damages arising from the use or the performance of this website, even if GSCCCA or such
provider has been advised of the possibility of such damages. It is the responsibility of the user to
determine a submission has actually been filed with the clerk of superior court.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the website and any services, tools, products or information you will not
use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
You may not use the website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any
GSCCCA server, or the network(s) connected to any GSCCCA server, or interfere with any other party's
use and enjoyment of the website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any website
services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any GSCCCA server or to any of
the services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to
obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the
services.
Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the site, including, but not limited to, unauthorized framing of or
linking to the site, or unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other automated device on the site, will
be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation civil, criminal and
injunctive redress.
If you violate these Terms of Use, GSCCCA may terminate your use of the site, bar you from future use of
the site and/or take appropriate legal action against you.
Account Policies
In order to participate in electronic filing, each user must establish a distinct eFiling account. All eFiling
accounts are on a per user basis. User accounts can be established at no charge via the online
registration.
Products
Any product, tool or service mentioned on this site is mentioned for identification purposes only.
Product names appearing in this material may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of
their respective companies.
Regarding Software Available on This Site
Software made available for download from this server ("GSCCCA Software") is the copyrighted work of
the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Authority and/or its vendors. GSCCCA Software is made available for
downloading solely for use by registered users according to the License Agreement. Any reproduction or
redistribution of software retrieved from this site is expressly prohibited by law and may result in civil
and criminal penalties.
Links to Sites Outside the Dominion and Control of GSCCCA
Certain weblinks found on the site may resolve to third party websites. GSCCCA does not have control of
these other sites and GSCCCA is not responsible for the contents of any site outside of the GSCCCA
domain. GSCCCA provides these links only as a convenience. The inclusion of any such link is merely for
the convenience to the user and is not an endorsement by GSCCCA of any linked site.
Privacy Policy
Information collected by the eFiling systems will be used to positively identify the filing parties and to
facilitate the electronic filing of documents. This may include but is not limited to sending filing status
notification through email and verifying account information. Information collected will be subject to
disclosure as required by law. In no event will information be sold or otherwise distributed to third
parties without the consent of the affected parties.
Credit Card Transaction Fee
Generally, the GSCCCA does not impose or collect any fees in addition to the normal filing fees that
would be collected in the county of filing. It is the goal of the GSCCCA to offer eFiling to the public as a
low-cost alternative to hardcopy filing. However, the GSCCCA will impose a small transaction fee to all
credit card purchases in order to recover the cost of processing such transactions. The fee is currently
calculated to be 3.5%, but may change from time to time without prior notice, as is necessary to recover
the cost of these transactions. The eFiling system will always clearly indicate the credit card processing
fee amount whenever it is assessed as part of a transaction, prior to being collected.
Bank Account (ACH/eCheck) Transactions
GSCCCA allows all users except real estate integrated submitters to pay for electronic filings using one or
more bank accounts. Integrated submitters utilize an API process to integrate with GSCCCA’s eFiling portal
for purposes of eFiling real estate documents. Payments from a bank account are termed ACH, eCheck, EFT or
Electronic Funds Transfer transactions, and GSCCCA charges $1.00 per real estate package or UCC filing to
cover the cost of processing the transaction. As with paper checks, there are circumstances in which the
transaction may not be honored by the user's financial institution. Should such a transaction be returned
by the user’s bank as uncollectible for any reason, GSCCCA may impose a "returned check" or dishonor fee
in addition to the original filing fee, and attempt to collect such fees directly from the user’s escrow
account (see below).
Escrow Accounts
All users of the GSCCCA eFiling system have a virtual escrow account in the system which can be funded by
the user in order to pay for filings without subsequently using a credit card or bank account. Escrow accounts
can be funded at any time using a credit card or bank account. Funds deposited via credit card are generally
available instantly, though funds deposited via bank account may take up to 5 banking days to become available.
The available balance in an escrow account will be reduced by the total cost of previously authorized/pending
transactions. In the event that a filing which was paid for using an escrow account is subsequently rejected by
the clerk then cancelled by the filer, the amount of the previously authorized transaction will be returned to
the escrow account. The eFiling system will prevent use of escrow funds should the cost of a transaction exceed
the available balance of the escrow account. When alternative payment methods are used to pay for filings, such
as payment via bank account by ACH, eCheck, EFT or Electronic Funds Transfer and the funds are not collectible
for any reason, the cost of such failed transactions will be debited against the user's escrow account along with
any fees imposed by the GSCCCA for dishonored or returned items. Such actions may cause the escrow account to reflect
a negative balance. A negative escrow account balance will automatically cause the user account to be temporarily
suspended and new filings will not be permitted until the escrow balance is brought current. Only credit card and
check payments are allowed when funding a negative escrow account. A user may request the return of unused escrow
funds at any time by contacting the GSCCCA helpdesk.
Filing Fee Estimation
The GSCCCA eFiling system calculates anticipated filing fees based on statutory fee schedules associated
with each instrument filing type. There are user provided information parameters that affect the
GSCCCA anticipated fee estimate, including but not limited to proper instrument types and any tax that
may be due. In all instances, the actual fees and/or taxes for the filing are determined by the Clerk of
Superior Court. The clerk’s final assessment may vary from the fee estimate provided by the GSCCCA. To
allow for small variances in anticipated fee calculation, the GSCCCA system will authorize the total cost
of the anticipated estimated filing fees and taxes plus an additional $10 to allow uninterrupted filing due
to underestimated fee calculation. Should a clerk accept a filing and a variance of $10 or less exists
between the clerk assessment and the GSCCCA fee estimate, the filing will be accepted. In the event of
an anticipated estimated fee variance of more than $10, the Clerk of Superior Court may reject the
submission. Such rejections are typically the result of incorrect or incomplete information provided by
the user at the time of submission. In all cases, if the authorized amount is greater than the actual clerk
assessment, the amount of the authorized excess is not collected from the user. To ensure timely filing
of all documents, it is critical that all user-provided information be accurate.
Copyright Notice
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100, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. For more information, contact Mike Smith, Director, GSCCCA
Communications at (404) 327-9058 or by email at Mike.Smith@gsccca.org. Any and all rights not
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