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2018 Georgia Code 40-13-25 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 13. Prosecution of Traffic Offenses, 40-13-1 through 40-13-64.

ARTICLE 2 ARRESTS, TRIALS, AND APPEALS

40-13-25. Costs.

The costs in any case disposed of under this article shall be as provided in Code Section 15-9-60. In case a defendant refuses to waive a trial by jury and is bound over to another court, the costs shall await the final disposition of the case.

(Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 558, § 5.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Sikes v. Charlton County, 103 Ga. App. 251, 119 S.E.2d 59 (1961).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Ordinary allowed fee for entering case on docket.

- Ordinary (now probate judge) who tries cases arising out of the violation of traffic laws shall be allowed a fee when the ordinary enters a case on the docket pursuant to the ordinary's duties as set forth in Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 558, § 6. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-213 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-13-24).

Justice of the peace is entitled to costs for the issuance of a warrant. 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 49.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Costs, § 1 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 239.

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