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Clerk of Court Amy W. Cox said the old courthouse will be closed from Jan. 8 through Jan. 19.
However, staff will still be working, answering phones and emails, processing filings, and sending required notices, Cox said.
The only non-employees allowed into the building will be attorneys, litigants and witnesses on the small family court docket during the first four days of the move.
“There may be times when our phones and computers are in transition, which may cause delay in our responses,” Cox said. “I ask that everyone be patient with us if this occurs.”
There will be a drop box at the front entrance of the old courthouse from Jan. 8 to Jan. 19 for any paper filings for Circuit Court, Family Court, Probate Court, Magistrate Court and Master-In-Equity Court, Cox said. Filings by 5 p.m. will be clocked for that day.
• Email General Sessions filings to Tanya Camp at tlc@spartanburgcounty.org, or mail to Spartanburg County Clerk of Court, General Sessions Court Division, P.O. Box 3483, Spartanburg, SC 29304-3483
• Common Pleas filings not requiring a fee may be emailed to Maribel Martinez at mmartinez@spartanburgcounty.org. Filings with a fee may be placed in the drop box or mailed to Spartanburg County Clerk of Court, Common Pleas Division, P.O. Box 3483, Spartanburg, SC 29304-3483.
• Filings in Family Court that do not require a filing fee may be emailed to Bathsheba Browning at brooks@.org. Filings requiring a fee may be placed in the drop box or mailed to Spartanburg County Clerk of Court, Family Court Division, P.O. Box 3483, Spartanburg, SC 29304-3483.
• For those who need copies of records for General Sessions, Common Please or Family Court, contact Cheryl White at ctipton@sprtanburgcounty.org.
• Questions about a Family Court hearing should be directed to Melissa Triplet at mtriplet@spartanburgcounty.org.
• Questions about a Common Pleas Court hearing should be directed to mmartinez@spartanburgcounty.org.
• Questions about a General Sessions Court trial or plea hearing should be directed to Alaina Freeman at amfreeman@spartanburgcounty.org.
• Questions about a General Sessions Court motions hearing should go to Megan Shropshier at mshropshier@spartanburgcounty.org.
• Those who need information on paying court fines and fees should contact Robin Jeter at rjeter@spartanburgcounty.org.
Penny tax funds courthouse and new municipal complex
The new courthouse is one of several projects paid for by the penny sales tax from 2017.
Other projects include a new city-county government complex that will provide “one-stop customer service” for area residents with offices in the same building at City Hall on 145 W. Broad St.
As previously reported by the Herald-Journal, the project will cost $52.3 million and an estimated $600,000 to $700,000 in demolition and development of the current City Hall site.
City Hall is in the process of leaving its current site. The municipal court and Spartanburg city offices plan to move from Jan. 8 to Jan. 22. City staff and municipal court employees will be located at 187 W. Broad St. until the new city-county governmental complex is completed in 2025.
The city’s police department has already moved to a new location at 206 N. Forest St. The facility was also paid for by the penny tax.
The city’s fire department will move into its new headquarters at 450 Wofford St. at a date to be determined.
Bob Montgomery covered Spartanburg County politics and growth & development. Reach the HeraldJournal via email at news@shj.com.