Costs and Fees

CIVIL CASES

• General Civil — $199.00, plus applicable services fees. ALL cases except 1) family violence; 2) abandoned motor vehicle actins; and 3) Incoming transfers.  See below for additional sums in condemnation and bond validation cases.  Motions or petitions requesting an order filed thirty (30) or more days after judgement of dismissal require a new action filing cost.

• Sheriff’s services fees — $50.00

• Condemnation and Validation of Bond Action – To be collected at conclusion of action in addition to General Civil Costs above:

• Per Bond up to 500 bonds — $1.00

• Over 500 bonds — $.50

• Per page for recording — $1.50

• Subpoena — $5.00

• Issuing Execution — $0.00

• Motor Vehicle Judgement Certificate — $3.00

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PUBLICATION COSTS – STANDARD NOTICE

• Adoption — $60.00

• Divorce and Name Change — $80.00

• Trade Name — $40.00

 

APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEAL

• Preparation of Record, per page — $1.00

• Transcript Filing and Submission, per transcript — $1.00.

• Copying Transcript Where Required, per page — $1.50.

• Preparation of Transcript When Clerk Not Required to Recopy — $35.00

• Entering Remittitur — $0.00

• Per Seal and Certification (in addition to all other costs) — $2.00

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SHERIFF’S SERVICE FEES

• Per Copy Served, General — $50.00

• Action from Another County — $50.00

• Per Garnishee Served (1st copy) — $50.00

• Second and Subsequent Copy(s) — $6.00

• Per Tenant in Dispossessory Action — $25.00

• Levying on attachment — $50.00

• Summoning each witness — $10.00

• Search/Return of Nulla Bona –$20.00

 

RECORDING COSTS – DEEDS AND REAL ESTATE

• Deeds — $25.00 View real estate records online at the Georgia Superior Court Clerk’s Cooperative Authority website

• Materialmen Liens — $25.00

• Cancellation of Security Deed — $25.00

• Cancellation of Liens — $5.00 first page, $2.00 each additional page, plus $2.00 per cancellation for cross-referencing/indexing

• Assignments of Security Deeds – Per Deed Assigned — $25.00

• Other Recording on Deed Record — $25.00

• Plats, Maps and Condominium Floor plans — $10 per page.

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LIENS AND GENERAL EXECUTION DOCKET

• Execution or Lien Recording — $25.00

• Cancellation or Release or GED — $25.00

• Lis Pendens — $5.00 first page, $2.00 each additional page, plus $2.00 per Lis pendens for cross-referencing/indexing

• Lis Pendens, Cancellation, or Release — $25.00

• Hospital Lien, Hospital Lien Cancellation or Release — $25.00

• Federal Tax Lien or Federal Tax Discharge — $25.00

• Federal Tax Lien Release or Subordination — $25.00

• Tax Liens by a State or Local Government agency — $5.00

*Additional per page after the first page — $2.00

*References additional — $2.00 per reference.

 

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

• Financing Statement (UCC-1) — $25.00 Visit the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority’s site and learn about he Uniform Commercial Code Services available in Georgia.

• Financing Statement with Assignment (UCC-1) — $50.00

• Real Estate Notice Filing (UCC-2) — $25.00.

• Amendment or assignment (UCC-3) — $25.00

• Continuation (UCC-3) — $25.00

• Termination or Release (UCC-3) — $25.00

 

PARTNERSHIPS

• General, Limited and Amendments, each — $75.00

 

OTHER RECORDING

• Veteran Discharge – No fee for filing

• Bar Admission Documents – No fee for filing

 

NOTARY PUBIC

• Issuance of New Certification — $36.00

• Renewal — $36.00

• Certificate of Authority — $2.00

*Fees for notary public applications were reduced from $162 to $36 effective March 16, 2011 as a result of enactment of HB41.

 

TRAND NAME REGISTRAITON

• Registration — $156.00, plus Publication cost to Publisher — $40.00

 

MISCELLANEOUS COSTS

• Copy, Uncertified, per page — $.50

• Copy, Uncertified, if assistance is required, per page — $1.00.

• Copy, Certified or Exemplified, firms page — $2.50, each page after first $.50

• Copy, Oversize, larger than 8 ½” x 14”, per page — $2.00

• Computer Printouts, per page or equivalent — $2.50

• Copy Faxed or electronic, first page — $2.50, each additional page — $1.00.