Costs-Filing fees, etc.

CIVIL CASES

PLEASE NOTE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019, ALL ATTORNEYS ARE REQUIRED TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY ANY NEW CIVIL ACTIONS AND/OR ANY FILINGS GOING INTO A 2019 CASE.

The portal to use for e-filing is: www.peachcourt.com.

Notification of motions, responses, and proposed orders, when e-filed through PeachCourt, shall be sent to the assigned judge or judge’s designee by e-mail. Click here for contact information for the Superior Court Judges of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit.

NEW! The Clerk of Superior Court’s Office is pleased to announce the new eCertification services that provide users the ability to electronically request certified Court and Real Estate Records 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A trip will no longer be required to the Clerk’s office to have a paper copy certified. The public can now access this new online service. pdf Click here for more information

General Civil Action
$209.00
- Does not include applicable service fees, which are required in all cases except: 1) family violence, 2)contempt actions involving child support and/or alimony, 3) abandoned motor vehicles, and 4) incoming transfers.
- See below for additional sums in condemnation and bond validation cases.
Family Violence
$ 0.00
Incoming Transfer from Superior and State Court
$ 50.00
Incoming Transfer from Probate Court
$175.00
Incoming Transfer from Magistrate Court
$184.00
Appeals from Lower Courts
$209.00
Appeal for Tax Assessment
$ 25.00
Abandoned Motor Vehicle - Filing Petition
$ 11.00
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$ 14.00
Plus per Certified Copy of Order Authorizing Sale of Vehicle to be provided to purchaser/DMV purusant to O.C.G.A. 40-11-7
Condemnation and Validation of Bond Action Per Bond (up to 500 bonds)
$ 1.00
Condemnation and Validation of Bond Action Per Bond (over 500 bonds)
$ 0.50
Per Page for Recording
$ 1.50
Subpoena
$ 5.00
Issuing Execution
$ 0.00

** The Newton County Clerk’s Office DOES NOT ACCEPT personal checks for the payment of filing fees.**

** Make checks payable for filing costs plus local sheriff service to CLERK OF NEWTON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. Out-of-county service should be paid by separate check payable to the serving official. Any publication cost should be paid by separate check payable to the publisher and submitted to the clerk on filing.**

Motions or petitions filed 30 days after judgment or dismissal require that a new case file be started and new filing fees be paid.

SHERIFF’S SERVICE FEES

Summons
$50.00
Action from Another County
$50.00
Per Garnishee Served (1st Copy)
$50.00
- 2nd and Subsequent Copy or Copies
$ 6.00
Subpoena Service
$10.00
Per Tenant in Dispossessory Action
$25.00
Levying on Attachment
$50.00
Taking Bonds in Criminal Cases
$ 20.00
Search/Return of Nulla Bona
$ 20.00

** To check on a pending service with the Newton County Sheriff’s Department, please call 678-625-1400 (Civil Service Division).

PUBLICATION COSTS – STANDARD NOTICE

Adoption
$ 120.00
Divorce and Name Change
$ 120.00
Trade Names
$ 60.00

APPEALS TO COURT OF APPEALS AND SUPREME COURT

Preparation of Record (per page)
$ 1 .00
Transcript Filing and Submission (per transcript when Clerk is not required to recopy)
$ 35.00
Copying Transcript when Required (per page)
$ 1.00
Entering Remittitur
$ 0.00
Per Seal and Certification (in addition to all other cost)
$ 2.00
Costs for preparation and furnishing copy of the record of appeal in capital felony case to the Attorney General in accordance with O.C.G.A. 5-6-43
NO FEE

RECORDING COSTS – DEEDS AND REAL ESTATE

Deeds
$ 25.00
Cancellation, Satisfaction, Release or Assignment per instrument listed on filing
$ 25.00 each
Plats, Maps, and Condominium Floor Plans
$ 10.00
Cross-indexing to previous instrument (mandatory or by request)
No fee

HOUSE BILL 974 FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY DEEDS

HB 974 has an effective date of July 1, 2023. However, filers are urged to adopt these requirements as soon as possible.

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Financing Statement (UCC-1)
$ 25.00
Financing Statement with Assignment (UCC-1)
$ 50.00
Amendment or Assignment (UCC-3)
$ 25.00
Continuation (UCC-3)
$ 25.00
Termination or Release (UCC-3)
$ 25.00

LIENS AND GENERAL EXECUTION DOCKET

General Execution or Lien Recordings, Materialman’s Liens, Notices, Bonds, Lis Pendens, Hospital Lien, Federal Tax Liens, etc.
$ 25.00
Cancellation, Satisfaction, Release or Assignment per instrument listed on filing
$ 25.00 Each
Cross-indexing to previous instrument (mandatory or by request)
No Fee
Tax Liens by a State or Local Government Agency
$ 5.00
- Additional per page after the first page
+ $ 2.00 each page
- Additional sum for each tax cancellation, satisfaction, release, notice, withdrawal or other document reference
+ $ 2.00 each

MISCELLANEOUS

Subpoena
$ 5.00
Copy (unassisted)
$ .50
Copy (assisted, all phone/mail requests)
$ 1.00
Certified Copy (1st page)
$ 2.50
Certified Copy (after 1st page)
$0.50 (in office); $1.00 (mail or phone request)
Fax Copy (when applicable)**
$ 2.50
Fax Copy (when applicable, after 1st page)
$ 1.00
Copy, Oversize, Larger than 8 1/2" x 14"
$2.00 (per page)
Computer Printouts, per page or equiv.
$ 2.50
Certificate of pending action or unsatisfied judgment as provided in OCGA 40-9-40
$ 3.00

**This office does not fax copy requests as a daily rule. In the event that a document must be faxed to an attorney, court, or other entity, the charges above apply.**

PASSPORTS

PLEASE VISIT www.travel.state.gov for details on passports or visit the passport section of this website found here- PASSPORTS

NOTARY PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Issuance of New Certificate
$ 46.00
Renewal
$ 46.00
Certificate of Authority
$ 2.00

Notary applications are now online at www.gsccca.org. Notary mail in renewals now available – click here.

TRADE NAME REGISTRATION

Registration of Trade Name
$ 166.00
- Plus Publication Cost to Publisher (The Covington News)
$ 40.00

OTHER RECORDINGS

Partnerships - General, Limited, and Amendments, each
$ 209.00
Veteran’s Discharge
$ 0
Bar Admission Documents
$ 0
All Other Miscellaneous Recordings
$ 5.00
- Second page and over
$ 2.00