Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 3. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND TRANSITION · Article 4. PRETRIAL RELEASE AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS

42-3-74. Judicial approval for pretrial release and diversion program required.

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No person shall be released on an unsecured judicial release as provided for in Code Section 17-6-12 or approved for a pretrial release and diversion program without first having the approval in writing of the judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case.

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

Code 1981, § 42-3-74, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310; Ga. L. 2020, p. 570, § 3-3/SB 402.

Law reviews

For article, “SB 174: Revising Georgia’s List of Bail Restricted Offenses,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 41 (2021).

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