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2018 Georgia Code 17-6-18 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 6. Bonds and Recognizances, 17-6-1 through 17-6-114.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

17-6-18. Amendment of bonds and giving of new security.

All bonds taken under requisition of law in the course of a judicial proceeding may be amended and new security given if necessary.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3434; Code 1868, § 3454; Code 1873, § 3505; Code 1882, § 3505; Civil Code 1895, § 5123; Civil Code 1910, § 5707; Code 1933, § 81-1204.)

Cross references.

- Corresponding provision relating to civil procedure, § 9-10-131.

Amendment of bail in magistrate court proceedings, Uniform Rules for the Magistrate Courts, Rule 23.4.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Authority to set and amend bonds.

- Once the clerk of the superior court properly files an indictment or once a valid accusation is entered, the superior court has exclusive jurisdiction over the case, including all bond issues, unless the court invokes the court's authority to delegate jurisdiction to the magistrate court under O.C.G.A. § 15-1-9.1(e) or O.C.G.A. § 17-16-1(h). 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 97-19.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Bonds, § 1 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 11 C.J.S., Bonds, § 1.

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