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O.C.G.A. § 17-6-51 — Suggesting employment of attorneys during negotiations regarding signing of bond or any time subsequent thereto | Georgia Code

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TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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

ARTICLE 2 SURETIES

17-6-51. Suggesting employment of attorneys during negotiations regarding signing of bond or any time subsequent thereto.

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.

(Ga. L. 1921, p. 243, § 2; Code 1933, § 27-503.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Jackson v. State, 140 Ga. App. 288, 231 S.E.2d 805 (1976); State v. Jackson, 188 Ga. App. 259, 372 S.E.2d 823 (1988).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 8A Am. Jur. 2d, Bail and Recognizance, § 8.

C.J.S.

- 8 C.J.S., Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings, §§ 2 et seq., 160.

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and application of statutes regulating bail bond business, 13 A.L.R.3d 618.

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