Fee Waiver & Indigency Screener Guide for Georgia

Georgia fee-waiver and indigency rules

This source-backed guide covers US-GA fee waiver indigency authority (O.C.G.A. § 9-15-2 — affidavit of indigence). It does not certify criminal appointed-counsel standards, criminal-cost relief, general service rules, or non-civil fee waivers unless a quoted source below says so.

Affidavit of Indigence — O.C.G.A. § 9-15-2(a)(1)

Any party unable to pay court deposits, fees, or costs may subscribe an affidavit of indigence; upon doing so the party is relieved of paying costs and has the same rights as if costs had been paid.

9-15-2. (a)(1) When any party, plaintiff or defendant, in any action or proceeding held in any court in this state is unable to pay any deposit, fee, or other cost which is normally required in the court, if the party shall subscribe an affidavit to the effect that because of his indigence he is unable to pay the costs, the party shall be relieved from paying the costs and his rights shall be the same as if he had paid the costs.

Traverse — O.C.G.A. § 9-15-2(a)(2)

Any other party may contest the affidavit of indigence by verifying under oath that it is untrue; the issue is heard and determined by the court.

9-15-2. (a)(1) When any party, plaintiff or defendant, in any action or proceeding held in any court in this state is unable to pay any deposit, fee, or other cost which is normally required in the court, if the party shall subscribe an affidavit to the effect that because of his indigence he is unable to pay the costs, the party shall be relieved from paying the costs and his rights shall be the same as if he had paid the costs.

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Sources

• 9-15-2 — O.C.G.A. § 9-15-2 — Affidavit of Indigence (quoted in footnote 1 of Arnold v. Alexander, 321 Ga. 330 (2025))

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