Georgia § 15-10-82 - Hearing fee on application for search or arrest warrant or deposit account fraud citation; no fee assessed against certain alleged victims.
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§ 15-10-82. Hearing fee on application for search or arrest warrant or deposit account fraud citation; no fee assessed against certain alleged victims.
For hearing an application for an arrest or search warrant or deposit account fraud citation, the fee charged shall not exceed $20.00, but this fee may be waived by the issuing magistrate if he or she finds that because of the financial circumstances of the party applying for the warrant or citation or for other reasons this fee should not be charged in justice, provided that no fee shall be assessed against the alleged victim of a violation of Code Section 16-5-90, 16-5-91, 16-6-1, 16-6-2, 16-6-3, 16-6-4, 16-6-5.1, 16-6-22.1, or 16-6-22.2 or against the alleged victim of any domestic violence offense for costs associated with the filing of criminal charges against the stalking offender, sexual offender, or domestic violence offender or for the issuance or service of a warrant, protective order, or witness subpoena arising from the incident of stalking, sexual assault, or domestic violence. (Code 1981, § 15-10-82 , enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 267, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1753, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1787, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 883, § 3; Ga. L. 2001, p. 885, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-42/HB 1055.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a comma was substituted for a semicolon following "charged in justice" in the first sentence.
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