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

9-15-6. Liability of attorney of nonresident plaintiff for costs; prior payment of costs in action brought by nonresident attorney and plaintiff.

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

  1. (a)

    When any attorney institutes an action in any of the courts of this state for any person who resides outside this state, the attorney shall be liable to pay all costs of the officers of court in the event that the action is dismissed or the plaintiff is cast in the action.#

  2. (b)

    When the plaintiff and his attorney both reside outside the limits of this state, the proper officers may demand their full costs before they shall be bound to perform any service in any case commenced by the nonresident attorney or plaintiff.#

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

Laws 1812, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 505; Laws 1839, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 507; Code 1863, §§ 3603, 3605; Code 1868, §§ 3627, 3629; Code 1873, §§ 3677, 3679; Code 1882, §§ 3677, 3679; Civil Code 1895, §§ 5387, 5389; Civil Code 1910, § 5982; Code 1933, § 24-3403.

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

Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, pages 404 to 405; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.