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NOTICE: Effective July 1, 2012, pursuant to local legislation passed in the Georgia General Assembly, HB 1025, the following Marshal’s service fees have increased as follows:
For Serving Copy Of Process Or Other Pleading, Including A Dispossessory Warrant :
35.00
For Serving Action From Another County, Including Second Original :
35.00
For Serving Subpoena :
35.00
For Each Levy Or Writ Of Fieri Facias :
For Settling Fi Fa Before Sale Of Property :
13.00
For Search And Return Of Nulla Bona :
20.00
For Serving Summons Of Garnishment Or Plaintiff’s Traverse Of Garnishee :
35.00
For Each Arrest In Civil Cases :
35.00
For Executing A Writ Of Possession To Dispossess A Tenant Or Intruder :
88.00
Cost For Serving Any Paper Or Proceeding Not Provided For Shall Be :
35.00
Commission On Sales Of Property :
– On Sums Of $50.00 Or Less
8%
– On Sums Of $50.00 Or Less
8%
– For All Sums Of $550.01 Or More :
3%
No commissions shall be charged unless property is actually sold. For removing or storing and removing and storing property and keeping and feeding animals, the cost shall be the actual expense incurred.
– If Presented by the Purchaser
13.00
25.00
For Executing Bill Of Sale To Personal Property, When Demanded By Purchaser :
13.00
For Dispossessing Tenant Or Intruder :
75.00
Cost For Serving Any Or Proceeding Not Provided For Shall Be :
35.00
House Bill 77 Legislation passed in July 2021 and made effective January 1, 2022. The new law, provides that the current Jury Division be renamed DIVISION A. The name Jury Division will not be used on and forward of January 1, 2022 and shall be referred to as DIVISION A of DeKalb County State Court. Please click the following link to access House Bill 77 Legislation. https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2021-signed-legislation/hb-777/download
House Bill 77 Legislation passed in July 2021 and made effective January 1, 2022. The new law, provides that the current Traffic Division be renamed DIVISION B and courtrooms enumerated as State Court Divisions B-8 (formerly Division A), Division B-9 (formerly Division B), Division B-10 (formerly Division C), and Division B-11 (formerly Division D). The name Traffic Division will not be used on and forward of January 1, 2022 and shall be referred to as DIVISION B of DeKalb County State Court. Please click the following link to access House Bill 77 Legislation. https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2021-signed-legislation/hb-777/download