Georgia § 36-7-9 - Establishment of fees.
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§ 36-7-9. Establishment of fees.
The county surveyor shall be allowed to establish a reasonable fee for each of the following acts: Surveying a town lot and returning a certificate thereof; Surveying a tract of land; Making a plat and recording, advertising, and transmitting the same to the Secretary of State's office; Making a resurvey of land by order of court; For every other survey, making and certifying a plat thereof and transmitting the same; Running lines between counties or districts or making new lines, per day, the county surveyor furnishing the chainbearer and provisions; Making a plat of homestead, affidavit, and return; Making each additional plat where there is more than one lot; and Making any other survey he may be called upon or required to perform. The fee established by the county surveyor shall be reasonably equivalent to the same fee which would be charged if the survey had been conducted by a private surveyor. The county surveyor shall be allowed to contract for his services in the same manner as private surveyors, whenever he is called upon or required to make a survey for a private or a corporate benefit or by order of the county governing authority or by order of the court. (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 350; Code 1863, § 3626; Code 1868, § 3651; Ga. L. 1870, p. 68, § 1; Code 1873, § 3702; Code 1882, § 3702; Civil Code 1895, § 490; Civil Code 1910, § 608; Code 1933, § 23-1109; Ga. L. 1966, p. 225, §§ 3, 5; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1413, § 1.)
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Section 36-7-9 ("Establishment of fees.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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