Filing Fee Schedule

EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2010

CIVIL FILING FEE: $207.50 + $50.00 per Sheriff’s Service $257.50
(NOTE: for dispossessory actions, the Sheriff's Service is $25.00 per service.)
OCGA 15-6-77(e)(2) - Filing Fee (include $1.00 Clerks' Retirement; $5.00 Law Library) $58.00
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
OCGA 15-21A-6 - Peace Officer, Prosecutor & Indigent Defense Fee $15.00
OCGA 15-21A-6.1 - Judicial Operations Fund Fee $125.00
TOTAL CIVIL FILING FEE $207.50
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 $50.00
Serving summons of garnishment or rule against garnishee $50.00
      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 $50.00
Each Levy or Writ of Fieri Facias $50.00
Summoning each Witness $10.00
Search and return of Nulla Bona ($20 Sheriff; $7.00 Sup. Ct; $5.00 State Court) $32.00
MISCELLANEOUS FEES:
Uncertified copies per page (if no assistance is required) $.50
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 Page $2.50
Issuing Subpoena $5.00
Issuing Certificate of Pending or Unsatisfied Judgment (OCGA 40-9-40) $3.00
Preparation of Record to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court - per page $10.00
Filing Transcript of Evidence and Proceedings (if no copying required) $35.00
Cancellation of Writ of Fieri Facias $5.00
      Any document requiring cross-indexing, per document (Example: Amended FI FA) $2.00
Transfer to another county (plus any mailing costs) $50.00
Clerk's Certificate (includes Driver's License Suspension pursuant to OCGA 40-9-61) $2.50
Alias Fieri Facias $12.00
Record Search $3.00
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