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Call Now: 904-383-7448When 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.
(Code 1981, §15-7-49, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 982, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 3; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 6/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 8-3/HB 328.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, deleted "Standards" following "Defender" near the end of this Code section.
- For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2003).
- Local Indigent Defense Assistance Grant Program, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Grants of Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Grant Programs, Rule 294-1-.01.
- When clerks of superior court, state court, and magistrate 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.
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