In addition to the minimum salary provided in Code Section 15-6-88 or any other salary provided by any applicable general or local law, each clerk of superior court of any county who also serves as clerk of a state court, court classified as a municipal court but funded through appropriations of the county governing authority, juvenile court, or civil court under any applicable general or local law of this state or who performs duties pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-12-1.1 shall receive for his or her services in such other court a salary of not less than $385.90 per month, to be paid from the funds of the county. In the event any such court for which a clerk of superior court is serving as clerk is abolished, the clerk of superior court shall not be entitled to any salary heretofore received for service in such court.
History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 256, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1180, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-12; Ga. L. 1984, p. 436, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 15; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 8; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 468, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 2/SB 450; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-4/HB 415; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-24/HB 665; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 2/SB 171.
The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “or” following “juvenile court,” and substituted “$385.90 per month” for “$323.59 per month” in the first sentence.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’
Structure Georgia Code
Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts
§ 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
§ 15-6-59. Bond; Appointment of Deputies
§ 15-6-61. Duties of Clerks Generally; Computerized Record-Keeping System
§ 15-6-62. Additional Clerk Duties
§ 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
§ 15-6-84. Clerk’s Liability After Retirement
§ 15-6-85. Clerks’ Offices Subject to Grand Jury Examination; Written Report
§ 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
§ 15-6-94. Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority
§ 15-6-98. Collection and Remittal of Fees