2021 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 6 - Superior Courts
Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts
§ 15-6-87. Furnishing of Fixtures, Supplies, and Equipment to Clerk

1. The county governing authority shall supply all fixtures, supplies, and equipment necessary for the proper functioning of the office of clerk of superior court.
2. All provisions of law relating to the filing, docketing, recording, keeping, copying, binding, indexing, certification, and furnishing of copies of records, including certified copies, and those provisions relating to the amount of fees of officers in connection therewith, as far as may be consistent with this Code section, shall apply to such digital, photographic, and electronic records and copies.

(Ga. L. 1957, p. 121, § 2; Ga. L. 1962, p. 639, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 395, § 6; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-21/HB 665.)

- Removal and storage of court records, § 15-1-10.

Use of microforms by agencies of state government or any of its political subdivisions, § 50-18-120 et seq.

Clerks of superior court may microfilm and keep all instruments and records in the clerk's court excepting only instruments evidencing title to real property. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-125.

- Former Code 1933, §§ 24-2714 and 24-2715 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-6-61), when construed with Ga. L. 1962, p. 639, § 2 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-6-87), permitted the final recording of civil proceedings by microfilm in lieu of in "well-bound" volumes, provided proper indices and adequate equipment are maintained in addition to the necessary personnel for viewing these records. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-23.

No county governing authority is under any duty to purchase microequipment. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-23.