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title: O.C.G.A. § 52-6-44. Fees relating to hearings before commissioners.
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# O.C.G.A. § 52-6-44. Fees relating to hearings before commissioners.

The secretary’s fees for each subpoena shall be 25¢ and for each attachment 50¢. For serving any subpoena and for executing and returning an attachment, a sheriff’s or constable’s fee shall be charged as otherwise provided by law. The commissioner or notary public before whom testimony is taken by deposition shall receive for his services and for reporting and transcribing the question or answers of the witness, or both, the fees allowed by law for similar services rendered in cases pending in courts of record of this state.

## History

Laws 1832, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 46; Code 1863, § 1480; Code 1868, § 1537; Code 1873, § 1531; Code 1882, § 1531; Civil Code 1895, § 1679; Civil Code 1910, § 1925; Code 1933, § 80-205; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 19.

## Cross References

Fees of justices of the peace, § 15-10-80 et seq. Obligation of fee system for sheriffs, § 15-16-19. Fees of notaries public, § 45-17-11.