--- title: Title 17, Chapter 6. Bonds and Recognizances collection: code id: code:chapter:17-6 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/17/chapter/6 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6.md 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.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-7.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES title_heading: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE section_count: 47 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6.md?full=1 --- # Title 17, Chapter 6. Bonds and Recognizances Title 17. Criminal Procedure 47 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 17-6-1, When offenses bailable; procedure; schedule of bails; appeal bonds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-1.md - 17-6-1.1, Electronic pretrial release and monitoring program for defendants; requirements; procedures; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-1.1.md - 17-6-2, Acceptance of bail in misdemeanor cases; posting driver’s license as collateral for bail, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-2.md - 17-6-3, Acceptance of recognizance bonds for military personnel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-3.md - 17-6-4, Authorization of posting of cash bonds generally; furnishing of receipt to person posting bond; recordation of receipt of bond on docket; disposal of unclaimed bonds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-4.md - 17-6-5, Acceptance of cash bonds for certain offenses; authorization, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-5.md - 17-6-6, Clerk of court or judge to provide cash receipt book; furnishing of copies of receipt; disposition of original receipt and bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-6.md - 17-6-7, Liability of arresting officer for failure to account for cash receipts and bonds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-7.md - 17-6-8, Proceedings upon failure of person arrested to appear; forfeiture of bond not a bar to subsequent prosecution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-8.md - 17-6-9, Acceptance of cash bonds in lieu of statutory bond or recognizance by officers or officials authorized to enforce ‘‘Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act of 2006.’’, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-9.md - 17-6-10, Acceptance of cash bonds for violations of ordinances or other offenses against municipalities; issuance of receipt; designated officials; effect of failure to appear in court; applicability to municipalities having similar provisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-10.md - 17-6-11, Issuance of uniform traffic citation; failure to appear or dispose of charges; examination of driver’s license at motor vehicle accident scene for organ donor designation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-11.md - 17-6-12, Unsecured judicial release; requirement; effect of failure of person charged to appear for trial; consideration of criminal record, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-12.md - 17-6-13, First bail for offense permitted as matter of right; subsequent bails to be in discretion of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-13.md - 17-6-14, Use of bail bond posted for preliminary hearing for trial appearance; applicability to federal proceedings; proceedings in county other than where commitment hearing held; effect where bail bond required is less than bond originally posted, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-14.md - 17-6-15, Necessity for commitment where bail tendered and accepted; opportunity for bail; receipt of bail after commitment and imprisonment; limitations on cash bonds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-15.md - 17-6-16, Entry of memorandum on warrant after waiver of commitment hearing and tender of bail, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-16.md - 17-6-17, Bond or recognizance to be conditioned on appearance of person accused of crime at arraignment; proceedings upon failure of accused to appear, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-17.md - 17-6-18, Amendment of bonds and giving of new security, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-18.md - 17-6-30, Fees of sureties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-30.md - 17-6-31, Surrender of principal by surety; release of surety liability prior to entry of judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-31.md - 17-6-50, Persons deemed professional bondsmen; criminal background investigation information to be provided to clerk of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-50.md - 17-6-50.1, Continuing education programs for professional bondsmen; fee; annual requirement; certificate of completion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-50.1.md - 17-6-51, Suggesting employment of attorneys during negotiations regarding signing of bond or any time subsequent thereto, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-51.md - 17-6-52, Soliciting business or loitering around jails or courts to solicit business; giving of advice by law enforcement officers as to services of professional bondsmen, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-52.md - 17-6-53, Giving advice or directions to defendants who are principals in bonds regarding defense or disposition of cases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-53.md - 17-6-54, No further compensation after becoming surety; when sum received to be returned to defendant; right to surrender defendant and to keep sum paid when defendant forfeits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-54.md - 17-6-55, Penalty for violation of part, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-55.md - 17-6-56, Bail recovery agents; requirements; registration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-56.md - 17-6-56.1, Continuing education programs for bail recovery agents; fee; annual requirement; certificate of completion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-56.1.md - 17-6-57, Bail recovery agents; notification to local police; out-of-state agents; identification card, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-57.md - 17-6-58, Penalty for violation; liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-58.md - 17-6-70, When forfeiture occurs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-70.md - 17-6-70.1, Proceedings for forfeiture of bonds or recognizances generally, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-70.1.md - 17-6-71, Execution hearing on failure of principal to appear; notice of judgment and writ of fieri facias, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-71.md - 17-6-72, Conditions not warranting forfeiture of bond for failure to appear; remission of forfeiture, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-72.md - 17-6-73, Address of principal and surety on bond or recognizance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-73.md - 17-6-90, Issuance of notice to appear for show cause hearing; requirement of bond; hearing; payment of court costs by affiant; issuance of order of arrest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-90.md - 17-6-91, Extension of bond by court; right of sureties to surrender principal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-91.md - 17-6-92, Violation of bond; contempt of court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-92.md - 17-6-93, , redesignated (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-93.md - 17-6-94, , redesignated (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-94.md - 17-6-110, Issuance of warrant; requirement of bond; hearing; payment of costs by affiant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-110.md - 17-6-111, Right of person to require bond against spouse, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-111.md - 17-6-112, Actions constituting violations of bond; right of action for breach of bond generally; imposition of additional penalty for contempt of court; finding of prosecuting witness in contempt, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-112.md - 17-6-113, Effect of provoking breach of bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-113.md - 17-6-114, Discharge or extension of bond by court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6-114.md