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O.C.G.A. § 15-13-32 — Penalty for excessive fees | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 15-13-32 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 13. Officers of Court Generally, 15-13-1 through 15-13-36.

ARTICLE 2 FEES

15-13-32. Penalty for excessive fees.

If a public official mentioned in Code Section 15-13-30 takes or demands any greater fee than the law allows or a fee for services not performed, he shall forfeit $50.00, to be demanded in court and recovered as prescribed in Code Section 15-13-31.

(Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 356; Code 1863, § 3631; Code 1868, § 3656; Code 1873, § 3707; Code 1882, § 3707; Civil Code 1895, § 5410; Civil Code 1910, § 6009; Code 1933, § 24-303.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Munday v. Munday, 152 Ga. App. 232, 262 S.E.2d 543 (1979).

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