Civil Court Filing Fee's

EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 2004

CIVIL FILING FEE: $92.50 + $25.00 per Sheriff’s Service $117.50
OCGA 15-7-77(e)(2) - Filing Fee $58.00
OCGA 36-15-9 - Law Library Fee $5.00
OCGA 47-16-61 - Sheriff’s Retirement Fund $1.00
OCGA 47-14-51 - Clerk’s Retirement Fund $1.00
OCGA 15-23-7 - Alternative Dispute Resolution Program $7.50
USCR 39.5 (State) - Recording Fieri Facias on G.E.D. $5.00
OCGA 15-21A-6 - Peace Office, Prosecutor & Indigent Defense Fee $15.00
TOTAL CIVIL FILING FEE $92.50
Any Post-judgment proceeding filed more than 30 days after judgment or dismissal in an action requires a new filing fee. (OCGA 15-6-77(e)(1))
SHERIFF’S SERVICE FEES:
Serving copy of process and returning original, per copy $25.00
Serving summons of garnishment or rule against garnishee $25.00
      If more than one, for each additional copy $6.00
Serving process to dispossess tenant $25.00
Dispossessing tenant or intruder $25.00
Levying an attachment $25.00
Each Levy or Writ of Fieri Facias $25.00
Summoning each Witness $6.00
Search and return of Nulla Bona $23.00
      Any document requiring cross-indexing, per document $2.00
MISCELLANEOUS FEES:
Uncertified copies per page (if no assistance is required) $.25
Uncertified copies per page (if assistance is required) $1.00
Uncertified copies transmitted electronically - 1st page $2.50
      Each page after the first $1.00
True Copy - 1st page $1.25
      Each page after the first $.25
Certification or Exemplification of Record - 1st page $2.50
      Each page after the first $.50
Computer Printouts - Per Case $2.50
Issuing Subpoena $1.00
Issuing Certificate of Pending or Unsatisfied Judgment $3.00
Preparation of Record to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court - per page $1.50
Filing Transcript of Evidence and Proceedings (if no copying required) $5.00
Cancellation of Writ of Fieri Facias $5.00
      Any document requiring cross-indexing, per document $2.00
      For each additional Nulla Bona recorded $5.00
Transfer to another county (plus any mailing costs) $50.00
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