COURTS Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures: Provide Funding for Local Victim Assistance Programs; Provide for Additional Charge When Filing Real Estate Documents to Fund a Feasibility Study Regarding Creation of State-Wide Computer Information System for Real Estate and Personal Property Records

Authors

Susan M. Gordon

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act increases the fee for filing real and personal property instruments and adds a surcharge to criminal fines. The five-percent penalty added to criminal fines is used to fund approved victim assistance programs. Additionally, the Act imposes a five-dollar filing fee for any documents pertaining to real property to fund a study of an online computer index of real and personal property records for statewide use.

Recommended Citation

Susan M. Gordon, COURTS Payment and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures: Provide Funding for Local Victim Assistance Programs; Provide for Additional Charge When Filing Real Estate Documents to Fund a Feasibility Study Regarding Creation of State-Wide Computer Information System for Real Estate and Personal Property Records, 12 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (1995).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol12/iss1/39