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2018 Georgia Code 15-6-97 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 2 CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS

15-6-97. State-wide uniform automated information system; additional powers and duties of Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority.

  1. The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority or its designated agent shall develop and implement a state-wide uniform automated information system for real and personal property records, excluding filings made pursuant to Article 9 of Title 11. In furtherance of development and implementation of the system, the authority shall have the ability to contract with the clerks of superior courts and any other parties that the authority deems necessary. The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority shall have authority to implement rules and regulations necessary to develop and implement the system described in this Code section.
  2. The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise provided by law:
    1. To provide for the collection of moneys;
    2. To manage, control, and direct such funds and the expenditures made therefrom;
    3. To distribute the moneys at the discretion of the authority in such manner and subject to such terms and limitations as the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority in its discretion shall determine will best further the public purpose of the authority; and
    4. To exercise all other powers necessary for the development and implementation of the system provided for in this Code section.

(Code 1981, §15-6-97, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 832, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, p. 900, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 532, § 2/HB 989; Ga. L. 2009, p. 135, § 2/HB 453; Ga. L. 2012, p. 216, § 2/HB 198.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall be repealed on July 1, 1996.

Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, amended Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 6, to change the date of repeal from July 1, 1996, to July 1, 1998.

Ga. L. 1997, p. 565, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, amended Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502, § 4, to change the date of repeal from July 1, 1998, to January 1, 2004.

Ga. L. 2002, p. 832, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "It is the general intent of this Act to codify and to extend for a further period of two years the future 'sunset' of certain provisions relating to superior court clerks' fees and the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority."

Ga. L. 2002, p. 832, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: "The following provisions of law are repealed:

"(1) Section 6 of an Act amending Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, approved April 7, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 260), as amended, which now repealed section would have provided for a future repeal or sunset of certain provisions relating to fees of superior court clerks and the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; and

"(2) Section 2 of an Act amending Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, approved April 16, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502), as amended, which now repealed section would have provided for a future change in the fees of superior court clerks."

Law reviews.

- For survey article on real property law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 371 (2007).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Sale of real estate images not authorized.

- Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority is not empowered to contract to sell real estate images that are in the Authority's possession that are records of the clerks of superior court. 2006 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2006-5.

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