TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 6. Superior Courts, 15-6-1 through 15-6-100.

ARTICLE 2 CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS

15-6-77.1. Additional fees in counties with populations of 550,000 or more; disposition of such fees.

1. This Code section shall apply to all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1970 or any future such census.

(b) In addition to the fees specified by subsection (e) of Code Section 15-6-77, the clerk of superior court of counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be entitled to charge and collect the following additional fees for official duties performed by him in civil cases:

(1) Filing and docket actions, complaints, or motions ....... $ 1.00 (2) Entering verdict or judgment on minutes ................. 1.00 (3) Filing all motions subsequent to any complaint in any case ...................................................................... 1.00 (4) Issuing writ of fieri facias ............................ 1.00 (5) Entering writ of fieri facias on general execution docket ..................................................................... .50 (6) Recording maps or plats ................................. 1.00 (7) Registering and filing trade names pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 10-1-490 ............................................... 4.00 (8) Recording proceedings in all cases of habeas corpus, per page ..................................................................... .50

(c) In addition to the fees specified by subsections (g) and (h) of Code Section 15-6-77, the clerk of superior court of counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be entitled to charge and collect the following additional fees for official duties performed by him in criminal cases:

(1) Service in entering and docketing bills of indictment, presentment, no bills, accusations, indictment or accusation record . $ 4.50 (2) Entering any record on minutes, fee not otherwise specified, per page ................................................................. 1.50

All fees charged and collected by the clerks of superior courts in counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be paid into the county treasury.

(Code 1933, § 24-2727A, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1150, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 507, § 1; Code 1981, §15-6-77.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 7; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 15.)