Tift County State Court

Tift County State Court Welcome to the Tift County State Court page. Judge Herbert Benson It's your court and we want to keep you informed. Let us know how we can improve.

Our court is located at 225 Tift Avenue North, Room 307 Tifton, Georgia 31794 Please follow this page daily to keep track of upcoming court dates and news related to our Court. Keep track of upcoming court calendars as well as other news concerning the State Court of Tift County. Please feel free to send any general questions you may have concerning the operation of the Court; however, details in

volving specific cases cannot be discussed on this page. We will try to direct individuals with specific questions to the proper personnel to answer same to the extent legally possible. Herbert Benson, Judge, Tift County State Court.

05/15/2026

We received several essays from our 4th graders this year regarding their experience at the Mock Trials. Rebecca Chapman from Tiftarea Academy was the overall winner this year. Congratulations!!!! We would also like to extend congrats to the individual school winners.

Jethro Young from Len Lastinger
Riley Cox from Annie Belle Clark
Armani Elder from Matt Wilson
Brooklyn Frye from Northside

We appreciate all the entries and thank each of you for your kind words, honest opinions and the repeated quotes of "Judge Benson, you're the MAN!!!"

05/06/2026

You would not believe the number of calls I have had in the last two weeks regarding scammers!!! Hard working folks are falling victim and losing THOUSANDS of dollars. The callers call from cloned numbers that are the ones from the Sheriff's Office, they know names of individuals that are employed with the Agency, and they do some big talking that terrifies people! NEVER would we call you about missing jury duty and require you to PAY money over the phone as some sort of fine for not showing up. If you have a warrant, the LEO's typically don't call you but would NEVER let you pay a fine over the phone to take care of the warrant. We don't text you with a bogus warrant and have you call to pay a fine over the phone...NEVER!!!!! And I don't think we even accept bitcoin as formal payment! PLEASE just hang up. If it concerns you, hang up and call the Sheriff's office about a warrant, the Clerk's office to check on the status of jury duty...call somebody!!!! Message me..... I'll help you figure it out, but DO NOT SEND MONEY OVER THE PHONE!! Just hang up the phone!!!!

Suzanne

04/27/2026

Jurors called for jury duty on Tuesday and Thursday this week are officially excused from jury duty! Jurors for Wednesday (4/29) do have to appear and are NOT excused from jury duty. Check the clerk's office phone message the evening prior to your scheduled date for further verification.

Part Two of Tiftarea Academy's Mock Trials!!!!
04/17/2026

Part Two of Tiftarea Academy's Mock Trials!!!!

We had our last mock trial group for the year this morning! I've seen more personality this year from these students and...
04/17/2026

We had our last mock trial group for the year this morning! I've seen more personality this year from these students and Tiftarea Academy definitely brought serious PERSONALITY this morning!!!! Great job! Thanks to the teachers and families that support these kids daily! Part One!

04/02/2026

Update to State Court Jury Trials the week of April 27th..... Jurors scheduled for Monday (April 27th) are excused. You will not have to appear. Jurors scheduled for the remainder of the week are required to appear unless changes arise. We appreciate your willingness to serve.

Matt Wilson showed up and showed out this morning!!! They did an excellent job! Special thanks to the teachers and famil...
03/27/2026

Matt Wilson showed up and showed out this morning!!! They did an excellent job! Special thanks to the teachers and family members for their support and assistance!!!

G.O. Bailey did an excellent job this morning on their mock trials!!! We appreciate their hard work, as well as, all t...
03/25/2026

G.O. Bailey did an excellent job this morning on their mock trials!!! We appreciate their hard work, as well as, all the time and support by the teachers and family members.

Northside Elementary blew us away this morning with their mock trials! They did a great job! Lots of personality in this...
03/24/2026

Northside Elementary blew us away this morning with their mock trials! They did a great job! Lots of personality in this group! Special thanks to the teachers and family members for their hard work and support!

Charles Spencer did an excellent job this morning on their mock trials! One of the highlights had to be the Uncle/Nephew...
03/20/2026

Charles Spencer did an excellent job this morning on their mock trials! One of the highlights had to be the Uncle/Nephew "arrest"! We also enjoyed the force behind the NOT guilty plea. Included in the pictures is one of our Security team members that wanted to one up his fellow officer who was caught with the little lamb at a recent mock trial and get a picture with a whole "herd" and the Easter Buc-ee bunny!!!

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225 Tift Avenue North
Tifton, GA
31794

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