Jody D. Peterman, LLC offers personal injury and criminal defense representation statewide in Georgia. The firm’s office is in Valdosta. For records connected with an incident in Hinesville, distinguish the Police Records Section from the City Clerk: they are separate contacts for department records and general city records.
Organize records for your matter
- Identify whether the matter concerns personal injury, criminal defense, or both.
- Note whether each record came from the Police Records Section or the City Clerk.
- For police incident or accident records, consult the Police Records Section’s published request information.
- For general city-record questions, use the City Clerk contact identified by the City of Hinesville.
- Keep copies of records already received and note which office provided them.
- Share relevant available records with counsel for assessment of your individual matter.
Personal injury and criminal defense
The firm describes its personal-injury practice as representation for people seriously injured because of another party’s negligence. For an injury connected to Hinesville, organize the records already in your possession about the incident and its effects. Keep your own account separate from documents supplied by another person or office.
For criminal defense, the firm describes representation for clients facing serious felony charges in Georgia. Retain papers identifying your matter and the exact court or agency name printed on each one. Make your own timeline separately, with questions prompted by particular notices, letters or communications alongside it.
Official resources: Firm legal services
Police Records Section at 123 East M.L. King Jr. Drive
Hinesville Police Records Section keeps incident and accident reports and other department records. Its page publishes online accident-report and open-records request links. Keep the particular report category and published resource name with your records notes.
The police page identifies its Records Section at 123 East M.L. King Jr. Drive. Preserve the Police Records Section label beside that street address in your contact notes. Retain an existing record’s title, date and issuing agency where shown, with any related inquiry and response beside the document description.
Official resources: Requesting Records | Hinesville, GA
City Clerk public-records resource and general city contact
The City Clerk Public Records page separately publishes an open-record request link and directs general open-record questions to the City Clerk. The general city address is 115 East M.L. King Jr. Drive, Hinesville, GA 31313, telephone 912-876-3564.
Keep the general-city label beside that address and number in your notes, and the Police Records Section label with its separate 123 street entry. Preserve the office named in each exchange alongside the particular document description. City Clerk and Police records correspondence can then remain identifiable within your broader file.
Official resources: Public Records | Hinesville, GA; Requesting Records | Hinesville, GA
Prepare the first conversation
The firm describes the first conversation as a way to understand the general nature of a matter and identify appropriate next steps. Begin with the injury or defense concern. Identify any incident or accident report associated with Police Records at the 123 street entry, keeping a general city-record inquiry labelled with the City Clerk and the separate 115 address.
Bring together your timeline, existing-document list and questions. For an injury matter, group incident-related materials with records about its effects. For criminal defense, retain papers identifying the matter and related communications. Keep the particular Hinesville record or office inquiry behind a concern labelled with its original source while you explain the matter.
Official resources: Firm legal services; Requesting Records | Hinesville, GA; Public Records | Hinesville, GA
Questions about Hinesville
What does Hinesville identify for Police Records?
The Records Section keeps incident and accident reports and other department records, publishes online accident-report and open-records request links, and is identified at 123 East M.L. King Jr. Drive.
What separate Clerk resource and general city contact are published?
The City Clerk Public Records page publishes an open-record request link and directs general questions to the Clerk. The general city contact is 115 East M.L. King Jr. Drive, Hinesville, GA 31313, telephone 912-876-3564.
General information about legal services and local resources. A lawyer must review the facts and applicable law for your matter. Contacting the firm does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship.