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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-13-36. Restrictions on charging prosecuting attorneys fees for certified copies of records.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-13-36. Restrictions on charging prosecuting attorneys fees for certified copies of records.

No clerk of any superior court or state court shall charge any fee for providing any certified copy of any record or portion thereof requested by a prosecuting attorney in this state for use in any criminal case.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-13-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 1A; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-30/HB 665.

## Code Commission Notes

Both Ga. L. 1996, p. 747 and Ga. L. 1996, p. 748 enacted a Code Section 15-1-13. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, Code Section 15-1-13 as enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, was redesignated as Code Section 15-13-36.