---
title: O.C.G.A. § 17-6-114. Discharge or extension of bond by court.
collection: code
id: 17-6-114
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 17-6-114 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-114
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-114.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-114/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t17-(v15)-2020-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=8c04ccfe_0#page=439
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-113.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-7-1.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE / BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES / BONDS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND TO KEEP THE PEACE / BONDS TO KEEP THE PEACE
---

# O.C.G.A. § 17-6-114. Discharge or extension of bond by court.

The superior or state court, as the case may be, may discharge the bond at any time unless a motion is made to extend it, accompanied by evidence to satisfy the court of the necessity of the extension.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4633; Code 1868, § 4657; Code 1873, § 4755; Code 1882, § 4755; Penal Code 1895, § 1241; Penal Code 1910, § 1323; Code 1933, § 76-204.