Wednesday, March 25, 2026
-David Crowder, WRGA News-
The Floyd County Commission has approved an emergency allocation of $100,000 to support the temporary relocation of operations formerly housed in the Historic Floyd County Courthouse following the fire that destroyed the building on Monday.
The emergency funding will be used to assist in relocating personnel and services so that operations can continue with as little disruption as possible for the public.
“A separate fund and accounts will be created to track all expenses,” said Floyd County Manager Jamie McCord. “I was also notified that ACCG [Association County Commissioners of Georgia], our insurance company, will be sending a check that will offset this expense.”
Built in 1892, the building was a longstanding historic landmark and housed the offices and functions of the Tax Commissioner, Tax Assessor, and Tag Office.
The offices will be temporarily located in the joint law enforcement center across the street.
“The tax commissioner will be on the first floor where the city and county records offices were,” McCord said. “The tax assessor will be on the third floor in an area that is not to be renovated. We do have some renovations scheduled for the third floor, but they will be in an area that is not being renovated.”
McCord said about 95 percent of the records stored at the Historic Floyd County Courthouse were backed up.
“When I say 95 percent, it’s actually probably more like 98 or 99 percent,” he added. “If you came in on Monday morning and processed something, asked for a homestead exemption, or asked for a CUVA [Conservation Use Value Assessment], it might not have been scanned in before the fire. Your clerk of court records are in the judicial center next door. They are also backed up. There are clearly a lot of tax assessor permanent records—hard copies—that were destroyed, but almost everything was backed up. They had been working on that for years.”
Floyd County is providing continuous updates on its social media pages.
