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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 13. OFFICERS OF COURT GENERALLY · Article 2. FEES

15-13-31. Receipt for fees to be given; penalty.

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  1. Every public official mentioned in Code Section 15-13-30, his deputy, or his agent shall, when required, give a statement of the fees demanded and a receipt for the same to any person paying any lawful or pretended fees of office, on pain of forfeiting $10.00 for every such neglect or refusal, to be demanded in court within 12 months and recovered by the person paying the fees and making the demand.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1792, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 356; Code 1863, § 3630; Code 1868, § 3655; Code 1873, § 3706; Code 1882, § 3706; Civil Code 1895, § 5409; Civil Code 1910, § 6008; Code 1933, § 24-302.

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