Newton County residents have had their passports processed by the Newton County Superior Court clerk for many years, but a longstanding state law that allows the clerk of courts to take the $25 passport processing fee as personal income is being scrutinized and reconsidered across the state. The majority of Georgia counties, nearly 60 percent, offer passport processing through either the probate or Superior court, but court clerks handle the fees in different ways, with some keeping the money as personal income and others giving the fees to the county as revenue. Newton County Clerk of