O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-4-43 (2019)

Requirement by judicial officer of bond to prosecute

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The judicial officer issuing a warrant for arrest upon any sufficient grounds may first require the applicant to file a bond, with sufficient sureties, to prosecute the case in the event of a committal.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4600; Code 1868, § 4622; Code 1873, § 4719; Code 1882, § 4719; Penal Code 1895, § 887; Penal Code 1910, § 908; Code 1933, § 27-107.

Annotations

Cross references. - Bonds and recognizances generally, T. 17, C. 6.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Cox v. Perkins, 151 Ga. 632, 107 S.E. 683, 16 A.L.R. 918 (1921). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Arrest, § 13 et seq.

C.J.S. - 22 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 47 et seq.