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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 13. EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES · Article 7. JUDICIAL SALES · Part 1. ADVERTISEMENT

9-13-143. Rates for legal advertisements.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The rates to be allowed to publishers for publishing legal advertisements shall be as follows:#

    1. (1)

      For each 100 words, not more than the sum of $15.00 for each insertion for the first four insertions; and#

    2. (2)

      For each subsequent insertion, not more than the sum of $14.00 per 100 words.#

    3. In all cases fractional parts of 100 words shall be charged for at the same rate as for 100 words.

  2. (b)

    For the purpose of the computation in subsection (a) of this Code section, a block of numbers or a block of letters and numbers shall be counted as one word. If the block of numbers or letters or any combination thereof contains a hyphen, a semicolon, a colon, or other similar character or punctuation mark, the block shall still be counted as one word, provided there are no intervening spaces. When an intervening space does occur, this space shall mark the start of a new word.#

  3. (c)

    No judge of the probate court, sheriff, coroner, clerk, marshal, or other officer shall receive or collect from the parties, plaintiff or defendant, other or greater rates than set forth in this Code section.#

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

Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 81, § 1; Code 1882, § 3704a; Civil Code 1895, § 5461; Civil Code 1910, § 6066; Ga. L. 1920, p. 86, § 1; Code 1933, § 39-1105; Ga. L. 1949, p. 566, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 271, § 2; Ga. L. 1964, p. 77, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 174, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 126, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 52, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1808, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1042, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 325, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 9; Ga. L. 1995, p. 992, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 9; Ga. L. 2023, p. 535, § 2/HB 254, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, in subsection (a), substituted “$15.00” for “$10.00” in paragraph (a)(1), substituted “$14.00” for “$9.00” in paragraph (a)(2), and in the undesignated paragraph following paragraph (a)(2), inserted “of 100 words” and substituted “same rate as for 100 words” for “same rates”.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t9-ch12-17-(v7a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 27 to 28; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 3ebff39d34dd.