Georgia Code
Article 2 - Clerks of Superior Courts
§ 15-6-94. Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority

The authority shall be the sole owner of its compiled and developed information developed through any function performed or any program or system administered on behalf of the authority. For the purposes of this subsection, the authority shall not be considered the sole owner of information developed pursuant to Code Section 15-6-97.2 and Article 5 of Chapter 6 of Title 12.
All members shall serve for terms of three years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. All acts performed by the authority prior to April 1, 1994, shall have the same force and effect as if this paragraph had been in effect since the creation of the authority.
(A) The two members who are not required to be superior clerks appointed by the executive board of The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia appointed as provided by prior law shall continue to serve out the terms for which they were appointed. Upon the expiration of the terms of these members one such position shall cease to exist and the successors to the other such position shall be appointed by the executive board of The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia;
(B) The two members appointed by the executive board of The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia who are and shall be superior court clerks appointed as provided by prior law shall continue to serve and their successors shall likewise be superior court clerks appointed by the executive board of The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia;
(C) The one member appointed by the Governor who is and shall be a county commissioner appointed as provided by prior law shall continue to serve and his or her successors shall likewise be county commissioners appointed by the Governor;
(D) The two members appointed by the Governor who are not required to be county commissioners appointed as provided by prior law shall serve out the terms for which they were appointed; and upon the expiration of such terms and thereafter a successor to one such member shall be a superior court clerk appointed by the Governor and a successor to the other such member shall be appointed by the Governor;
History. Code 1981, § 15-6-94 , enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1544, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 665, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 850, § 7; Ga. L. 2004, p. 343, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 2/HB 1EX; Ga. L. 2017, p. 632, § 2-6/SB 132; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “provided, however, that a schedule” for “provided, however, a schedule” in the proviso of paragraph (d)(6).
Code Commission notes.
This Code section and Ga. L. 1993, p. 374, § 1, were both enacted as Code Section 15-6-94. Ga. L. 1993, p. 374, § 1, was renumbered as Code Section 15-6-95.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, a comma was deleted following “authority” in subsection (c).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, “April 1, 1994,” was substituted for “the effective date of this paragraph” near the end of the undesignated paragraph in paragraph (b)(1).

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