Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 6. BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES · Article 4. BONDS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND TO KEEP THE PEACE · Part 1. BONDS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR

17-6-91. Extension of bond by court; right of sureties to surrender principal.

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A bond for good behavior posted pursuant to Code Section 17-6-90 may be extended for a period of six months by the court which required the bond. The sureties on the bond shall have the privilege of surrendering their principal as in other cases of bail.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 4629; Code 1868, § 4653; Code 1873, § 4751; Code 1882, § 4751; Penal Code 1895, § 1237; Penal Code 1910, § 1319; Code 1933, § 76-103; Code 1981, § 17-6-93; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1151, § 2; Code 1981, § 17-6-91, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 584, § 3/HB 146.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2013, p. 584, § 3/HB 146, repealed former Code Section 17-6-91, pertaining to the right of a person to require a bond against a spouse, effective July 1, 2013. The former Code section was based on Orig. Code, 1863, § 4634; Code 1868, § 4658; Code 1873, § 4756; Code 1882, § 4756; Penal Code 1895, § 1242; Penal Code 1910, § 1324; Code 1933, § 76-104.

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