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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-21-4)
Chapter 6 - BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES (§§ 17-6-1 — 17-6-114)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 17-6-1 — 17-6-18)
- Section 17-6-1 - When offenses bailable; procedure; schedule of bails; appeal bonds
- Section 17-6-1.1 - Electronic pretrial release and monitoring program for defendants; requirements; procedures; fees
- Section 17-6-2 - Acceptance of bail in misdemeanor cases; posting driver's license as collateral for bail
- Section 17-6-3 - Acceptance of recognizance bonds for military personnel
- Section 17-6-4 - Authorization of posting of cash bonds generally; furnishing of receipt to person posting bond; recordation of receipt of bond on docket; disposal of unclaimed bonds
- Section 17-6-5 - Acceptance of cash bonds for certain offenses; authorization
- Section 17-6-6 - Clerk of court or judge to provide cash receipt book; furnishing of copies of receipt; disposition of original receipt and bond
- Section 17-6-7 - Liability of arresting officer for failure to account for cash receipts and bonds
- Section 17-6-8 - Proceedings upon failure of person arrested to appear; forfeiture of bond not a bar to subsequent prosecution
- Section 17-6-9 - Acceptance of cash bonds in lieu of statutory bond or recognizance by officers or officials authorized to enforce "Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006."
- Section 17-6-10 - Acceptance of cash bonds for violations of ordinances or other offenses against municipalities; issuance of receipt; designated officials; effect of failure to appear in court; applicability to municipalities having similar provisions
- Section 17-6-11 - Issuance of uniform traffic citation; failure to appear or dispose of charges; examination of driver's license at motor vehicle accident scene for organ donor designation
- Section 17-6-12 - Unsecured judicial release; requirement; effect of failure of person charged to appear for trial; consideration of criminal record
- Section 17-6-13 - First bail for offense permitted as matter of right; subsequent bails to be in discretion of court
- Section 17-6-14 - Use of bail bond posted for preliminary hearing for trial appearance; applicability to federal proceedings; proceedings in county other than where commitment hearing held; effect where bail bond required is less than bond originally posted
- Section 17-6-15 - Necessity for commitment where bail tendered and accepted; opportunity for bail; receipt of bail after commitment and imprisonment; limitations on cash bonds
- Section 17-6-16 - Entry of memorandum on warrant after waiver of commitment hearing and tender of bail
- Section 17-6-17 - Bond or recognizance to be conditioned on appearance of person accused of crime at arraignment; proceedings upon failure of accused to appear
- Section 17-6-18 - Amendment of bonds and giving of new security
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