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Magistrate judge seeks local filing fee to fund court technology and reduce general-fund capital requests
Summary
Magistrate Court Judge proposed a $10 local filing fee for civil and county ordinance cases to create a magistrate-held technology account to pay recurring subscriptions and hardware costs; the judge said similar measures exist in other Georgia counties and could yield around $13,000 annually for Dawson County.
Magistrate Court leadership told commissioners they plan to pursue local legislation to add a filing fee for magistrate civil and county-ordinance cases to fund court technology needs. The judge said Representative Will Wade will prefile a local bill and noted similar measures were recently adopted in other Georgia counties.
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