The State of Georgia’s GSCCCA PT‑61 Form Helper Document Tip Sheet

The GSCCCA PT‑61 form applies only to the State of Georgia. It must be included in the Simplifile package with the warranty deed to be recorded as a “helper” document.

Register with the State of Georgia's GSCCCA e‑file Registry

1. Go to the GSCCCA e‑file Registry website: https://www.efileregistry.org/Registry/Register.aspx and register.
2. Record the unique account number assigned to you by the GSCCCA that identifies your company as a submitter in their system. This number will be used when you register the Georgia county as a recipient in Simplifile.

Register the specific Georgia county as a recipient in Simplifile

Open the Counties and Other Recipients page

• Do one of the following:
  • Option 1: In the navigation bar, click Counties. The Counties and Other Recipients pages opens in the right panel.

    NOTE: When the Counties and Other Recipients page is opened from the Counties item in the navigation bar, the organization name is displayed in the upper‑left corner is a selectable dropdown field.

  • Option 2: In the navigation bar:
    1. Click Organizations. The Organizations page open in the right panel.
    2. Click on the name of the organization you want. The Organization Contact Information page opens in the right panel and the navigation bar display the organizations menu options.
    3. In the navigation bar, click Counties. The Counties and Other Recipients page opens with the wanted county selected.

    NOTE: When the Counties and Other Recipients page is opened from the Organizations item in the navigation bar, the organization name is displayed in the upper‑left corner is not a selectable dropdown field.

Register the county as a recipient in Simplifile

1. Open the Counties and Other Recipients page. A table of states that have registered counties is displays in the page.
2. If you are associated with multiple organizations and the wanted organization is not displayed the top left field:
   • If the top left field is a dropdown field, click the dropdown arrow and choose the organization whose counties you want to manage.
   • If the top left field is not a dropdown field, open the Counties and Other Recipients page for the wanted organization.
3. Near the top right corner, click the Actions dropdown button and the +Register More Counties link . The Register Counties window opens.
4. Scroll down to and click on Georgia. The table expands to display the Georgia counties that are not currently registered in Simplifile by your organization.
5. In the row for the county you want to register, click the blue Start Registration Process link. The Register Counties window similar to the following sample opens.

   

6. Enter the unique account number assigned to you by the GSCCCA that identifies your company as a submitter in their system in the field.
7. Click the OK button. The Register Counties and other Recipients window closes and the county is registered as a recipient with Simplifile.

Upload the PT‑61 form as a helper document to a warranty deed

1. When applicable, create and complete the State of Georgia’s PT‑61 transfer tax form using the state's online platform at https://apps.gsccca.org/PT61eFiling/default.asp.

   Sample PT‑61 Form

   

2. When the PT‑61 form is completed, save it in an accessible location as a PDF file.
3. Log in to Simplifile.
4. Go to the Packages page.
5. Open or create the package. The Package Details page opens.
6. In the Documents section, open or create the warranty deed.

   If you need to create the warranty deed document, click the Add another document dropdown field, select DEED and click the Add Document To Package button.

   The Document Editor opens with the upper‑left corner displaying similar to the following:

   

7. In the right panel, upload or scan the warranty deed document.

   

8. When the warranty deed document is uploaded, it is viewable by clicking Document in the left panel.
9. In the left panel under the selected Document item,
   1. Click the Additional Documents dropdown field.
   2. Select PT 61.
   3. Click the Add button

   

   The PT‑61 item is added as a “helper” document under the selected blue Document Item.

    

10. Click the PT‑61 item. It turns to the selected blue PT‑61 item.

    

11. In the right panel, upload or scan the PT‑61 document (which was saved in Step 2).

    

    When the PT‑61 document is uploaded or scanned, it is viewable by clicking PT‑61 item in the left panel.

    

The PT‑61 form is now available as a helper document to the warranty deed in the package.