Court Costs

COURT COSTS

MAGISTRATE COURT OF TOOMBS COUNTY

P.O. Box 1460

100 Courthouse Square

Lyons, Georgia 30436

(912) 526-4602  Fax (912)  526-8985

Jack E. McMillan  – Chief Magistrate

 

Deborah A. Sanders –  Magistrate

 

Vann Lewis – Magistrate

 

O.C.G.A. 17-11-4(b)

 

Magistrate Court Filing Fees

 

Abandoned Motor Vehicle:

$35.00

Appeals to State or Superior Court:

$202.00

Case Transfer to Other County:

$50.00

Civil Suits: ($50.00 service fee upon 2 or more defendants)

$97.00

Deposit  Fraud  Citation  (Bad Check)

$10.00

Dispossessory: $72.00 ($97.00 for multiple defendants or “and all others”)

$72.00

Foreclosure of Personal Property:

$72.00

Garnishment:

$97.00

Interrogatories:

$60.00

Issuance of Witness Subpoena and Service:

$52.00

Issuance of Witness Subpoena:

$2.00

Pre-Warrant Application: $20.00 ($100.00 fine for Unwarranted Misdemeanor charge or cancellation & $150.00 Unwarranted Felony charge or for cancellation of charges)

$20.00

Transfer to State or Superior Court:

$184.00

Trover

$97.00

Trover Pick-Up Fee

$50.00

Writ of Fieri  Facias: ($25.00 payable to Clerk of Court & $4.00 payable to Magistrate Court)

$29.00

   

All filing fees are to be paid at time of case filing.

 

Magistrate  Court’s Monetary  Jurisdiction  is $15,000.                                      Office Hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-  5:00 p.m.