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# O.C.G.A. § 15-9-18. Remittance of interest from cash bonds.

Whenever the sheriff transfers cash bonds to the clerk of the court, pursuant to Code Section 15-16-27, the clerk of the probate court shall deposit such funds into interest-bearing trust accounts, and the interest from those funds shall be remitted to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority in accordance with subsections (c) through (i) of Code Section 15-6-76.1 for distribution to the Georgia Public Defender Council.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-9-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1306, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 4; Ga. L. 2008, p. 846, § 7/HB 1245; Ga. L. 2015, p. 519, § 8-4/HB 328; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-18/SB 436.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted ‘‘of the probate court’’ near the middle, and deleted ‘‘the provisions of’’ following ‘‘in accordance with’’ in the middle.

## Cross References

Public Defender Standards Council, T. 17, C. 12.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, a period was added at the end of this Code section.

## Law Reviews

For note on 2000 enactment of this Code section, see 17 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 73 (2000). For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2003).

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Grant programs, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Grants of Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Chapter 294-1.