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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 6. BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES · Article 2. SURETIES · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

17-6-30. Fees of sureties.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Sureties on criminal bonds in any court shall not charge or receive more than 15 percent of the face amount of the bond set, which amount includes the principal and all applicable surcharges, as compensation from defendants or from anyone acting for defendants; provided, however, that a surety may charge and receive a minimum of $50.00 per bonded charge or offense as compensation, regardless of whether such compensation exceeds 15 percent of the face amount of any bond set.#

  2. (b)

    Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1921, p. 243, §§ 1, 8; Code 1933, §§ 27-501, 27-9903; Ga. L. 1958, p. 120, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1254, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 546, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 430, § 1/HB 594; Ga. L. 2014, p. 444, § 3-2/HB 271.

Law reviews

For note, ‘‘Bail in Georgia: Elimination of ‘Double Bonding’ — A Partially Solved Problem,’’ see 8 Ga. St. B.J. 220 (1971). For note on 1999 amendment to this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 106 (1999).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t17-(v15)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V15, 2020 edition, pages 400 to 401; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0b0d45f9c609.