Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts

• § 15-6-50 - Clerk's Term of Office; Qualifications; Training Requirements; Appointment of Clerk Pro Tempore During Training
  (a) The clerks of superior courts shall be elected for a term of four years.(b) (1) No person shall be eligible to offer for...
• § 15-6-50.1 - Superior Court Clerks Training Council
  (a) The Superior Court Clerks Training Council is established. The council shall consist of nine voting members and three nonvoting members and shall be...
• § 15-6-50.2 - Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia
  (a) There is created a superior court clerks' council to be known as "The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia." The council shall...
• § 15-6-51 - Eligibility to Serve As Other Court Clerk
  The clerk of superior court shall be eligible to hold the office of clerk of the municipal, state, or other court in the counties...
• § 15-6-52 - Practice of Law Restricted
  The clerks of the superior courts are prohibited from practicing law in their own or another's name, as a partner or otherwise, in any...
• § 15-6-53 - Appointment of Clerk; Actions by Interim Clerk; Special Elections
  (a) In any county in which a chief deputy clerk has been appointed pursuant to Code Section 15-6-59, the chief deputy clerk shall become...
• § 15-6-54 - Appointment by Probate Judge Pending Filling of Vacancy; Duration of Appointment
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-5/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-6-55 - Emergency Service by Probate Court Judge; Appointment of Interim Deputy Clerk
  (a) If as a result of any sudden emergency there is a vacancy in the office of clerk of superior court, and a person...
• § 15-6-56 - Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office; Filling of Vacancies in Counties With Chief Deputy Clerk
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-7/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-6-57 - Election to Break Tie
  Should any two or more candidates at an election to fill a vacancy in the office of superior court clerk, or at a regular...
• § 15-6-58 - Oath of Office
  (a) The clerks of superior courts, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, whether appointed, elected, or acting by operation of law besides...
• § 15-6-59 - Bond; Appointment of Deputies
  (a) The clerk of each of the superior courts shall execute bond in the sum of $150,000.00, which amount may be increased in any...
• § 15-6-60 - Powers of Clerks
  The clerks of the superior courts have authority: (1) To administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases permitted by law or where such...
• § 15-6-60.1 - Location of Retained Records; Request for Access to Records; Contracting for Retention; Online Access
  (a) As the county constitutional officer elected by citizens of his or her county to protect and preserve their court and land records, the...
• § 15-6-61 - Duties of Clerks Generally; Computerized Record-Keeping System
  (a) It is the duty of a clerk of superior court: (1) To keep the clerk's office and all things belonging thereto at the...
• § 15-6-62 - Additional Clerk Duties
  (a) The clerk of superior court is required to record all the proceedings relating to any civil action or criminal case within six months...
• § 15-6-62.1 - Back-Up Records
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Authority" means the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority. (2) "Back-up record" means an...
• § 15-6-63 - Obtaining of Names of Grantors and Grantees Prior to Recordation of Title Transfer
  (a) The clerk of the superior court, prior to recordation of any deed which has the effect of transferring title, shall obtain the name...
• § 15-6-64 - Duty to Give Notice to Purchasers of Real Property in Certain Counties
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1994, p. 237, § 2, effective July 1, 1994.
• § 15-6-65 - Entry of Civil Cases on Dockets; Order for Trial
  All civil cases pending in the superior court shall be entered by the clerk thereof on the civil docket as provided in Code Section...
• § 15-6-66 - Grantor-Grantee Index
  (a) The clerk of superior court shall provide at the expense of each county a suitable duplex index book, or a series of books,...
• § 15-6-67 - Recordation of Maps and Plats; Specifications
  (a) The clerk of superior court shall file and record in his or her office maps or plats relating to real estate in the...
• § 15-6-68 - Public Access to Maps and Plats
  (a) The clerk of each superior court shall provide books, binders, or any other alternative system, either manual or electronic, for providing public access...
• § 15-6-69 - Effect of Map and Plat Recordation Requirements
  (a) Failure to meet the requirements of Code Sections 15-6-67 and 15-6-68 or the recording of an improper plat by the clerk shall not,...
• § 15-6-70 - Recordation of Bankruptcy Petition, Decree, or Order; Fees
  A certified copy of a petition, with schedules omitted, commencing a proceeding under the bankruptcy law of the United States, of the decree of...
• § 15-6-71 - Record of Sex Criminal Convictions; Furnishing Record to Georgia Bureau of Investigation
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 893, § 1, effective April 5, 1988.
• § 15-6-72 - Recordation and Index of Military Service Records; Confidentiality
  (a) The county commissioners or other officers having charge of a county's business shall provide a book or books for the clerk of the...
• § 15-6-73 - Destruction of Obsolete Records
  (a) Clerks of superior court shall be authorized, from time to time, to destroy books containing records of instruments conveying personal property only, including...
• § 15-6-74 - Preservation of Newspapers Containing Advertisements
  (a) The clerk of superior court is required to procure and preserve for public inspection a complete file of all newspaper issues in which...
• § 15-6-75 - Investment of Certain Funds; Disposition of Income; Repeal of Code Section
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 982, § 1, effective July 1, 1994.
• § 15-6-76 - Deposit of Funds in Interest-Bearing Account; Repeal of Code Section
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 982, § 2, effective July 1, 1994.
• § 15-6-76.1 - Investing or Depositing Funds; Depositing Funds Paid Into Court Registry
  (a) In counties where the clerk of the superior court exercised discretion to invest funds pursuant to Code Section 15-6-75 or to deposit funds...
• § 15-6-77 - Fees; Construction of Other Fee Provisions
  (a) The clerks of the superior courts of this state shall be entitled to charge and collect the sums enumerated in this Code section.(b)...
• § 15-6-77.1 - Additional Fees in Counties With Populations of 550,000 or More; Disposition of Such Fees
  (a) This Code section shall apply to all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States...
• § 15-6-77.2 - Costs for Clerk's Services in Counties With Populations of 640,000 or More; Time for Payment of Costs; Disposition of Such Costs
  (a) This Code section shall apply to all counties of this state having a population of 640,000 or more according to the United States...
• § 15-6-77.3 - Additional Fees in Counties With Populations in Unincorporated Areas of 350,000 or More
  (a) This Code section shall apply to all counties of this state having a population within the unincorporated areas thereof of 350,000 or more...
• § 15-6-77.4 - Additional Divorce Case Filing Fee for Children's Trust Fund
  (a) In addition to any fees required in Code Sections 15-6-77, 15-6-77.2, 15-6-77.3, and 47-14-51, for filing each divorce case, the clerk of superior...
• § 15-6-78 - Veterans Not to Be Charged for Recordation of Discharge Certificates
  (a) All clerks of the superior courts are prohibited from charging any veteran a fee for recording his discharge certificate pursuant to Code Section...
• § 15-6-79 - Payment of Unpaid Costs in Felony Cases
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-17/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-6-80 - Payment of Transcript Costs to Clerk Before Transmittal
  In all cases certified to the appellate courts, the costs for preparing the transcript of the record shall be paid by the appellant to...
• § 15-6-81 - Failure to Perform Duty Punishable As Contempt
  Any clerk of the superior court who fails to perform any duty or to exercise any authority set forth in this article is subject...
• § 15-6-82 - Governor Ordering Investigation of Clerk of Court; Suspension of Clerk
  (a) Whenever the Governor determines that an investigation of a clerk of superior court of this state should be made as a result of...
• § 15-6-83 - Clerk's Liability
  If any of the clerks of the superior courts receive any money on any action or judgment from their courts, or otherwise, and do...
• § 15-6-84 - Clerk's Liability After Retirement
  The clerks of the superior courts are subject to the rule and order of their respective courts after their retirement from office, as sheriffs
• § 15-6-85 - Clerks' Offices Subject to Grand Jury Examination; Written Report
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1994, p. 607, § 1, effective July 1, 1994.
• § 15-6-86 - Location of Clerk's Office in Place Other Than Courthouse; Storage of Archival or Inactive Records in Different Location; County Documents Exception
  (a) In the event that the space at the courthouse is inadequate for the clerk's office and the things belonging thereto, the clerk, in...
• § 15-6-87 - Furnishing of Fixtures, Supplies, and Equipment to Clerk
  (a) The county governing authority shall supply all fixtures, supplies, and equipment necessary for the proper functioning of the office of clerk of superior...
• § 15-6-87.1 - Participation in State-Wide County Computerized Information Network; Authorized Fees
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-22/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-6-88 - Minimum Annual Salary Schedule
  (a) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the minimum annual salary of each clerk of the superior court in each county...
• § 15-6-88.1 - Adjustment of Schedule for Certain Counties Containing Federal Land
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-23/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-6-88.2 - Monthly Contingent Expense Allowance Schedule for the Clerk's Office
  In addition to any salary, fees, or expenses now or hereafter provided by law, the governing authority of each county is authorized to provide...
• § 15-6-89 - Additional Remuneration for Certain Services
  In addition to the minimum salary provided in Code Section 15-6-88 or any other salary provided by any applicable general or local law, each...
• § 15-6-90 - Longevity Increases; Operational Expenses; Local Laws
  (a) The amounts provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 15-6-88 and Code Sections 15-6-89 and 15-10-105, as increased by subsection (b) of Code...
• § 15-6-91 - Effect of Salary Provisions on Local Legislation
  All local legislation in effect on April 1, 1973, or enacted subsequent to April 1, 1973, and affecting compensation for clerks of superior courts...
• § 15-6-92 - Continuation of Fee System
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-25/HB 665, effective July 1, 2012.
• § 15-6-93 - Office Hours
  (a) The office of each clerk of superior court shall be open to conduct business Monday through Friday from at least 9:00 A.M. until...
• § 15-6-94 - Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority
  (a) (1) There is established the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and...
• § 15-6-95 - (for Effective Date, See Note.) Priorities of Distribution of Fines, Bond Forfeitures, Surcharges, Additional Fees, and Costs in Cases of Partial Payments Into the Court
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a clerk of any superior court of this state who receives partial payments, as ordered by the court,...
• § 15-6-96 - Clerk As Custodian of Records; Contracts to Market Records or Computer Generated Data for Profit
  The clerk of the superior court is the custodian of the records of his or her office. Any contract to distribute, sell, or otherwise...
• § 15-6-97 - State-Wide Uniform Automated Information System; Additional Powers and Duties of Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority
  (a) The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority or its designated agent shall develop and implement a state-wide uniform automated information system for real...
• § 15-6-97.1 - Civil Case Information System; Funding
  (a) The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority and The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia, in agreement with the Georgia Courts Automation...
• § 15-6-97.2 - Maintenance of Uniform Automated Electronic Information System for Carbon Sequestration Registry
  (a) The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority or its designated agent shall maintain a state-wide uniform automated electronic information system for purposes of...
• § 15-6-98 - Collection and Remittal of Fees
  (a) The clerk of the superior court of each county of this state shall collect for each court in which he or she serves...
• § 15-6-99 - Re-Creation of Grantor and Grantee Indexes
  (a) The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority is authorized to re-create grantor and grantee indexes that exist prior to January 1, 1999, in...
• § 15-6-100 - Clerk's Expenditure of Funds
  No agreement by a clerk to acquire services, supplies, or equipment authorized by this article that requires expenditure of county funds may be entered...

Last modified: October 14, 2016