Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 18. PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS · Article 4. PRETRIAL INTERVENTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAM

15-18-81. Court costs.

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The prosecuting attorney may assess court costs against the defendant for the dismissal of criminal warrants when the affiant is not a peace officer. Any fee collected under this subsection shall be made payable to the general fund of the political subdivision in which the case is being prosecuted.

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

Code 1981, § 15-18-81, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1115, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 420, § 2/HB 718.

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