Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 7. PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS · Article 2. COMMITMENT HEARINGS

17-7-27. Sheriffs and constables to accept bond for appearance of witnesses; approval of sureties by sheriff.

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The sheriffs and constables shall accept bond in such reasonable amount as may be just and fair to secure the appearance of any witness to attend the courts, provided the sureties tendered and offered on the bond are approved by a sheriff of any county.

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. 241, § 1; Code 1933, § 27-411.

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