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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-15-3. When costs may be demanded.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-15-3. When costs may be demanded.

The several officers of court are prohibited from demanding the costs in any civil case or any part thereof until after judgment in the same, except as otherwise provided by law.

## History

Laws 1834, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 506; Laws 1842, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 507; Code 1863, § 3609; Code 1868, § 3634; Code 1873, § 3684; Code 1882, § 3684; Civil Code 1895, § 5393; Civil Code 1910, § 5991; Code 1933, § 24-3409.