Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 6. BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES · Article 2. SURETIES · Part 2. PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN

17-6-56. Bail recovery agents; requirements; registration.

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(a)
As used in this Code section and Code Sections 17-6-57 and 17-6-58, the term ‘‘bail recovery agent’’ means any person who performs services or takes action for the purpose of apprehending the principal on a bail bond granted in this state or capturing a fugitive who has escaped from bail in this state for gratuity, benefit, or compensation.#
(b)
A bail recovery agent must be a United States citizen, 25 years of age or older, and must obtain a license pursuant to Code Section 16-11-129.#
(c)
Any sheriff of a county shall require any professional bondsman who is a resident of or doing business in the sheriff’s county to register his or her bail recovery agents in that county. The professional bondsman must submit to the sheriff, in a form and manner to be determined by the sheriff, a list of all bail recovery agents whose services may be used by such bondsman.#

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.

Code 1981, § 17-6-56, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 546, § 1.1.

For note on 1999 enactment of §§ 17-6-56 to 17-6-58, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 106 (1999).

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