Georgia § 15-6-60 - Powers of clerks.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 15-6-60 — Powers of clerks., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-6-60. Powers of clerks.
The clerks of the superior courts have authority: To administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases permitted by law or where such authority is not confined to some other officer; To receive the amounts of all costs due in the court of which they are clerks and to receive other sums whenever required to do so by law or by order of the judge, and not otherwise; To advertise under the same rules and restrictions as apply to sheriffs; To demand and collect in advance their fees for recording deeds, mortgages, and other instruments which are legally entitled to be recorded on the deed and mortgage records of their counties; and To exercise such other powers as are or may be conferred upon them by law. (Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 574; Code 1863, § 263; Code 1868, § 257; Code 1873, § 268; Ga. L. 1875, p. 86, § 1; Code 1882, § 268; Civil Code 1895, § 4362; Civil Code 1910, § 4893; Code 1933, § 24-2720; Ga. L. 1963, p. 367, § 1.) Cross references. - Power of clerks of superior courts to appoint notaries public, § 45-17-1.1 .
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