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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 15. COURT AND LITIGATION COSTS

9-15-11. Inclusion of costs in judgment; itemization and endorsement on execution.

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  1. When a case is disposed of, the costs, including fees of witnesses, shall be included in the judgment against the party voluntarily dismissing, being involuntarily dismissed, or cast in the action. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, of the magistrate, or of any other officer who may issue an execution to endorse on the execution at the time it is issued the date and amount of the judgment, the items of the bill of cost, written in words, and the amount of each item distinctly stated in figures. No costs or items of costs shall in any case be demanded by any officer unless they are itemized and endorsed as provided 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

Orig. Code 1863, § 3610; Code 1868, § 3635; Ga. L. 1870, p. 67, § 1; Code 1873, § 3685; Code 1882, § 3685; Civil Code 1895, § 5394; Civil Code 1910, § 5992; Code 1933, § 24-3410; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.

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Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 408; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.

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