O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-9-126 (2019)

(For effective date, see note.) Fees

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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For services rendered in jury trials, in the probate court’s exercise of concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to Code Section 15-9-127, and in appeals to the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals, if a fee is not prescribed by Code Section 15-9-60, the judge or clerk of the probate court shall be entitled to charge and collect the same sums as those of the clerk of the superior court provided in Code Section 15-6-77 or other applicable law for similar services in superior court.

History

Code 1981, § 15-9-126, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 6; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-21/HB 865. Delayed effective date. - This Code section, as set out above, becomes effective January 1, 2021. For version of this Code section in effect until January 1, 2021, see the 2020 amendment note.

The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted ‘‘, in the probate court’s exercise of concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to Code Section 15-9-127,’’, inserted ‘‘or clerk’’, inserted ‘‘charge and collect’’, substituted ‘‘sums as those’’ for ‘‘fee as that’’, and inserted ‘‘or other applicable law’’.