O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-472 (2019)

Duties of clerk; lien book; fee

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

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The clerk of the superior court shall endorse the date and hour of filing on the statement filed pursuant to Code Section 44-14-471; and, at the expense of the county, the clerk shall provide a lien book with a proper index in which the clerk shall enter the date and hour of the filing; the names and addresses of the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice, the

operators thereof, and the patient; and the amount claimed. The information shall be recorded in the name of the patient. The clerk shall receive a fee as required by subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section 15-6-77 as his or her fee for such filing.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 18; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1429, § 3; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 44; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 334, § 3/SB 306.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, “or she” was deleted preceding “shall” twice in the first sentence.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL The general provision of O.C.G.A. § 15-6-77 should not be construed to include the recording of hospital

liens, which is explicitly provided for by O.C.G.A. § 44-14-472. 1980 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U80-40.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Construction, operation, and effect of statute giving hospital lien against recov-

ery from tortfeasor causing patient’s injuries, 16 A.L.R.5th 262.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Rudy Aguila v. Kennestone Hosp., Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2019).

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Rudy Aguila v. Kennestone Hosp., Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 44-14-472 (emphasis supplied). 13 See Med.”

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