Section 15-6-80 - Payment of transcript costs to clerk before transmittal

In all cases certified to the appellate courts, the costs for preparing the transcript of the record shall be paid by the appellant to the clerk before the same is transmitted unless the judge presiding over the case being appealed approves an affidavit submitted to the judge by the appellant certifying that the appellant is unable to pay such costs or upon the appellant providing adequate security for such costs.Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 599,§ I-1-18, eff. 7/1/2012.