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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-472. Duties of clerk; lien book; fee.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-14-472. Duties of clerk; lien book; fee.

The clerk of the superior court shall endorse the date and hour of filing on the statement filed pursuant to Code Section 44-14-471; and, at the expense of the county, the clerk shall provide a lien book with a proper index in which the clerk shall enter the date and hour of the filing; the names and addresses of the hospital, nursing home, physician practice, chiropractic practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice, the operators thereof, and the patient; and the amount claimed. The information shall be recorded in the name of the patient. The clerk shall receive a fee as required by subparagraph (f)(1)(A) of Code Section 15-6-77 as his or her fee for such filing.

## History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1396, § 18; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 44; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1429, § 3; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 44; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 334, § 3/SB 306; Ga. L. 2023, p. 399, § 1/SB 168, effective July 1, 2023.

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “chiropractic practice,” following “physician practice,” in the first sentence.