About the Dougherty County Law Library

The library is open to the public for research from 9:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 5:00 on Monday through Friday. The library is closed for the following holidays: New Years, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

The Law Library is located in the Judicial Building, at 225 Pine Avenue, Albany, Georgia, in Room 212.

Laureen Alford Adams, J.D., M.L.I.S, has served as the Library Manager since 2004. She is an expert at helping researchers find appropriate materials and resources. However, she is not permitted to give legal advice or to interpret specific legal situations for library users.

The library owns an excellent collection of Georgia cases, codes, digests, legal encyclopedias and other materials. Through our online legal subscriptions, patrons who visit the Library can access legal materials from all states and all federal jurisdictions at no charge. The library has many form packets for self-represented litigants that can be purchased at the library or downloaded from our website for free.

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