O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-13-25 (2019)

Costs

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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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.

History

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

Annotations

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.