Georgia Code
Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts
§ 15-6-88. Minimum Annual Salary Schedule

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Population Minimum Salary 0 — 5,999 $ 35,576.65 6,000 — 11,889 48,856.63 11,890 — 19,999 55,344.71 20,000 — 28,999 59,296.04 29,000 — 38,999 63,247.38 39,000 — 49,999 67,203.60 50,000 — 74,999 75,327.48 75,000 — 99,999 80,855.58 100,000 — 149,999 86,381.94 150,000 — 199,999 92,237.91 200,000 — 249,999 100,722.08 250,000 — 299,999 109,336.93 300,000 — 399,999 120,695.99 400,000 — 499,999 125,596.32 500,000 or more 130,496.72
History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 256, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 547, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 553, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1254, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 578, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 589, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 15; Ga. L. 1985, p. 549, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 833, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 440, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 931, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1478, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 620, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 7; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 1/SB 450; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-11/HB 642; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 1/SB 171; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429; Ga. L. 2020, p. 526, § 1/SB 295.
The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), substituted “census of 2010” for “census of 2000” in the introductory language and modified the salary amounts in the minimum salary schedule; and, in subsection (b), designated the existing language as paragraph (b)(1), deleted “the amounts fixed in” following “The periodic changes in” at the beginning of the fourth sentence of paragraph (b)(1), and added paragraph (b)(2).
The 2020 amendments. —
The first 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation twice in paragraph (b)(1); and substituted “performance based” for “performance-based” twice in paragraph (b)(2). The second 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, rewrote paragraph (b)(2) which read: “Any cost-of-living or general performance-based increases that have been applied prior to January 1, 2021, shall cease to be applied. Effective January 1, 2021, any new cost-of-living or general performance-based increases shall be calculated as provided in this Code section.”
Cross references.
Further provisions regarding compensation of clerks of superior court, § 15-1-12 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, “become effective” was substituted for “becomes effective” at the end of subsection (b) (now (b)(1)).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 54(e)/SB 429, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, effective July 29, 2020, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2020 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over the conflicting provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act to the extent of the conflict.” Accordingly, the amendments to paragraph (b)(2) of Code Section 15-6-88 by Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15(6)/SB429, were not given effect.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 15 - Courts

Chapter 6 - Superior Courts

Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts

§ 15-6-50. Clerk’s Term of Office; Qualifications; Training Requirements; Appointment of Clerk Pro Tempore During Training

§ 15-6-50.1. Superior Court Clerks Training Council

§ 15-6-50.2. Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia

§ 15-6-50.3. Criminal Case Data Exchange Board Created; Membership; Operation; Role; Public Access

§ 15-6-51. Eligibility to Serve as Other Court Clerk

§ 15-6-52. Practice of Law Restricted

§ 15-6-53. Appointment of Clerk; Actions by Interim Clerk; Special Elections

§ 15-6-54. Appointment by Probate Judge Pending Filling of Vacancy; Duration of Appointment

§ 15-6-55. Emergency Service by Probate Court Judge; Appointment of Interim Deputy Clerk

§ 15-6-57. Election to Break Tie

§ 15-6-58. Oath of Office

§ 15-6-59. Bond; Appointment of Deputies

§ 15-6-60. Powers of Clerks

§ 15-6-60.1. Location of Retained Records; Request for Access to Records; Contracting for Retention; Online Access

§ 15-6-61. Duties of Clerks Generally; Computerized Record-Keeping System

§ 15-6-62. Additional Clerk Duties

§ 15-6-62.1. Back-Up Records

§ 15-6-63. Obtaining of Names of Grantors and Grantees Prior to Recordation of Title Transfer

§ 15-6-65. Entry of Civil Cases on Dockets; Order for Trial

§ 15-6-66. Grantor-Grantee Index

§ 15-6-67. Recordation of Plats and Condominium Plans; Specifications

§ 15-6-68. Public Access to Maps, Plats, and Plans

§ 15-6-69. Effect of Map and Plat Recordation Requirements

§ 15-6-70. Recordation of Bankruptcy Petition, Decree, or Order; Fees

§ 15-6-72. Recordation and Index of Military Service Records; Confidentiality

§ 15-6-73. Destruction of Obsolete Records

§ 15-6-74. Preservation of Newspapers Containing Advertisements

§ 15-6-76.1. Investing or Depositing Funds; Depositing Funds Paid Into Court Registry

§ 15-6-77. Fees; Construction of Other Fee Provisions

§ 15-6-77.4. Additional Divorce Case Filing Fee for Children’s Trust Fund

§ 15-6-78. Veterans Not to Be Charged for Recordation of Discharge Certificates

§ 15-6-80. Payment of Transcript Costs to Clerk Before Transmittal

§ 15-6-81. Failure to Perform Duty Punishable as Contempt

§ 15-6-82. Governor Ordering Investigation of Clerk of Court; Suspension of Clerk

§ 15-6-83. Clerk’s Liability

§ 15-6-84. Clerk’s Liability After Retirement

§ 15-6-85. Clerks’ Offices Subject to Grand Jury Examination; Written Report

§ 15-6-86. Location of Clerk’s Office in Place Other Than Courthouse; Storage of Archival or Inactive Records in Different Location; County Documents Exception

§ 15-6-87. Furnishing of Fixtures, Supplies, and Equipment to Clerk

§ 15-6-88. Minimum Annual Salary Schedule

§ 15-6-88.2. Monthly Contingent Expense Allowance Schedule for the Clerk’s Office

§ 15-6-89. Additional Remuneration for Certain Services

§ 15-6-90. Longevity Increases; Operational Expenses; Local Laws

§ 15-6-91. Effect of Salary Provisions on Local Legislation

§ 15-6-93. Office Hours

§ 15-6-94. Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority

§ 15-6-95. Priorities of Distribution of Fines, Bond Forfeitures, Surcharges, Additional Fees, and Costs in Cases of Partial Payments Into the Court

§ 15-6-96. Clerk as Custodian of Records; Contracts to Market Records or Computer Generated Data for Profit

§ 15-6-97. State-Wide Uniform Automated Information System; Additional Powers and Duties of Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority

§ 15-6-97.2. Maintenance of Uniform Automated Electronic Information System for Carbon Sequestration Registry

§ 15-6-97.3. Revision of Automated Information System for State Tax Execution Data; Regulatory Authority

§ 15-6-98. Collection and Remittal of Fees

§ 15-6-99. Re-Creation of Grantor and Grantee Indexes

§ 15-6-100. Clerk’s Expenditure of Funds