2021 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 6 - Superior Courts
Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts
§ 15-6-98. Collection and Remittal of Fees

1. The clerk of the superior court of each county of this state shall collect for each court in which he or she serves as clerk the fees provided for in this chapter.
2. From the fees enumerated in division (f)(1)(A)(i) of Code Section 15-6-77, the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority shall collect from each clerk of superior court $5.00 from each fee collected.
3. The sums withheld pursuant to division (f)(1)(A)(i) of Code Section 15-6-77 shall be remitted to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority by each clerk of a superior court for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of this Code section and any other provision of law. Such fees shall be remitted not later than the tenth day of the month following the collection of such fees by the clerk of a superior court.

(Code 1981, §15-6-98, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 832, § 4; Ga. L. 2004, p. 900, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 532, § 3/HB 989; Ga. L. 2009, p. 135, § 3/HB 453; Ga. L. 2012, p. 216, § 3/HB 198.)

- Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall be repealed on July 1, 1996.

Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, amended Ga. L. 1995, p. 260, § 6, to change the date of repeal from July 1, 1996 to July 1, 1998.

Ga. L. 1997, p. 565, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, amended Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502, § 4, to change the date of repeal from July 1, 1998, to January 1, 2004.

Ga. L. 2002, p. 832, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "It is the general intent of this Act to codify and to extend for a further period of two years the future 'sunset' of certain provisions relating to superior court clerks' fees and the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority."

Ga. L. 2002, p. 832, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provided: "The following provisions of law are repealed:

"(1) Section 6 of an Act amending Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, approved April 7, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 260), as amended, which now repealed section would have provided for a future repeal or sunset of certain provisions relating to fees of superior court clerks and the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; and

"(2) Section 2 of an Act amending Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, approved April 16, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 1502), as amended, which now repealed section would have provided for a future change in the fees of superior court clerks."

- For survey article on real property law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 371 (2007).