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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-11-1012. Court costs and counsel fees.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-11-1012. Court costs and counsel fees.

(a) The court in an appraisal proceeding commenced under Code Section 14-11-1011 shall determine all costs of the proceeding, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of appraisers appointed by the court, but not including fees and expenses of attorneys and experts for the respective parties. The court shall assess the costs against the limited liability company, except that the court may assess the costs against all or some of the dissenters, in amounts the court finds equitable, to the extent the court finds the dissenters acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith in demanding payment under Code Section 14-11-1010.

(b) The court may also assess the fees and expenses of attorneys and experts for the respective parties, in amounts the court finds equitable:

(1) Against the limited liability company and in favor of any or all dissenters if the court finds the limited liability company did not substantially comply with the requirements of Code Sections 14-11-1103 through 14-11-1109; or

(2) Against either the limited liability company or a dissenter, in favor of any other party, if the court finds that the party against whom the fees and expenses are assessed acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith with respect to the rights provided by this article.

(c) If the court finds that the services of attorneys for any dissenter were of substantial benefit to other dissenters similarly situated and that the fees for those services should not be assessed against the limited liability company, the court may award to these attorneys reasonable fees to be paid out of the amounts awarded the dissenters who were benefited.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-11-1012, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 14; Ga. L. 1995, p. 10, § 14; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 14.