2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 15 - COURTS
CHAPTER 6 - SUPERIOR COURTS
ARTICLE 2 - CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS
§ 15-6-77.3 - Additional fees in counties with populations in unincorporated areas of 350,000 or more
O.C.G.A.
15-6-77.3 (2010)
15-6-77.3. Additional fees in counties with populations in unincorporated areas of 350,000 or more
(a) This Code section shall apply to all counties of this state having a population within the unincorporated areas thereof of 350,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census.
(b) In addition to the fees specified by Code Section
15-6-77, the clerk of the superior court of counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be entitled to charge and collect an advance fee of $25.00 on each civil and criminal appeal, and such fee shall be paid at the time of filing the notice of appeal.
(c) In lieu of the fees specified by Code Section
15-6-77 for the clerk's services listed below, the clerk of the superior court of counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be entitled to charge and collect the following fees for official duties performed by the clerk in providing such services:
(1) Recording and returning to sender all instruments pertaining to real
estate and deeds of trust or amendments thereto, in accordance
with Code Section
53-12-152, each page.................. $ 5.00
(2) Recording maps or plats...................................... 10.00
The fee for recording maps or plats shall include the fee required
by Code Section
47-14-51.
(3) Filing and indexing financing statements and for stamping a copy
furnished by the second party to show the date and place of
filing for an original or a continuation statement, as provided
in Article 9 of Title 11, first page..................... 5.00
Each page, after the first.................................. .50
(4) Issuing certificates of appointment and reappointment to notaries
public, as provided by Code Section
45-17-4.............. 8.00
(5) Registering and filing trade names pursuant to Code Section
10-1-490....................................................................... 25.00
(6) Entering writ of fieri facias on general execution docket..... 5.00
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