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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-13-30. Fees not generally charged to state; exceptions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-13-30. Fees not generally charged to state; exceptions.

None of the fees which clerks of the superior courts, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, bailiffs, magistrates, or constables are entitled to charge and collect for the performance of their official duties shall be charged to the state for failure to collect from the person charged unless it has been otherwise expressly declared by law or unless the nature of the fees is such that they must necessarily be so paid by the state.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3629; Code 1868, § 3654; Code 1873, § 3705; Code 1882, § 3705; Civil Code 1895, § 5408; Civil Code 1910, § 6007; Code 1933, § 24-301; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, ‘‘bailiffs’’ was substituted for ‘‘baliffs’’ in this Code section.