Among the prefiled legislation for this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly is a bill that will mandate all superior courts in the state to require electronic civil filings by Jan. 1, 2018.
Sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs, the legislation mandates an $8 cap on the fee charged for each transaction and allows a court to charge a “convenience fee” of as much as 3.5 percent for the use of credit cards or bank drafts, plus a 3 percent transaction fee.
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