by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
Professional bondsmen, their agents, or representatives shall not suggest or advise the employment of or name for employment any attorney or attorneys to represent a defendant, during the negotiations for the bondsmen to sign the bond or subsequent thereto.OCGA §...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) The Georgia Association of Professional Bondsmen shall approve continuing education programs offered by professional associations, educational institutions, government agencies, and others as deemed appropriate for professional bondsmen to attend.(b) The fee for...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) Bondsmen or persons who hold themselves out as signers or sureties of bonds for compensation are declared to be professional bondsmen.(b) A professional bondsperson is one who holds himself or herself out as a signer or surety of bonds for compensation who must...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) When the court is not in session, a surety on a bond may surrender the surety’s principal to the sheriff or to the responsible law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the case is pending in order to be released from liability.(b) When the court...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) Sureties on criminal bonds in any court shall not charge or receive more than 15 percent of the face amount of the bond set, which amount includes the principal and all applicable surcharges, as compensation from defendants or from anyone acting for defendants;...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
All bonds taken under requisition of law in the course of a judicial proceeding may be amended and new security given if necessary.OCGA § 17-6-18
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