Local Rule LR 3.2: ADVANCE PAYMENT OF FILING FEES
N.D. Ga. — Civil rule
LR 3.2 ADVANCE PAYMENT OF FILING FEES
(A) Advance Payment Generally Required. Advance payment of fees is required before the clerk will file any civil action, suit, or proceeding. A notice of appeal shall be filed upon receipt. Persons wishing to proceed in forma pauperis may obtain the necessary papers at the public filing counter.
(B) Failure to Remit Fee. Pleadings received by the clerk for filing with the filing fee not attached shall be marked "received", but they shall not be filed. The clerk will notify counsel and/or the parties that the pleadings are being held and that they will not be filed until the filing fee is received or an order is issued allowing the pleadings to be filed in forma pauperis.