O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-10-240 (2019)

Remittance of interest from funds

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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When funds are paid into the court registry, the clerk shall deposit such funds in interest-bearing trust accounts, and the interest from those funds shall be remitted to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority in accordance with the provisions of subsections (c) through (i) of Code Section 15-6-76.1 for distribution to the Georgia Public Defender Council.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-240, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 982, § 5; Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 5; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 8/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 8-5/HB 328.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2003).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Interest remitted to Georgia Indigent Defense Council. - When clerks of superior court, state court, and magis-

trate court hold funds paid in for security or judicial disposition, the funds must be placed in interest-bearing trust accounts,

and the interest remitted to the Georgia Indigent Defense Council. 1997 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U97-21.

ARTICLE 13 TRIALS OF CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Courts: Juvenile Justice Reform,’’ see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 63 (2013).