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# O.C.G.A. § 15-6-80. Payment of transcript costs to clerk before transmittal.

In all cases certified to the appellate courts, the costs for preparing the transcript of the record shall be paid by the appellant to the clerk before the same is transmitted unless the judge presiding over the case being appealed approves an affidavit submitted to the judge by the appellant certifying that the appellant is unable to pay such costs or upon the appellant providing adequate security for such costs.

## History

Ga. L. 1889, p. 104, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 5400; Civil Code 1910, § 5996; Code 1933, § 24-2729; Ga. L. 1963, p. 368, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-18/HB 665.

## Cross References

Preparation of transcripts for purposes of bringing appeal, § 5-6-41 et seq.