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O.C.G.A. § 17-6-53 — Giving advice or directions to defendants who are principals in bonds regarding defense or disposition of cases | 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

17-6-53. Giving advice or directions to defendants who are principals in bonds regarding defense or disposition of cases.

Professional bondsmen, their agents, or employees shall not advise defendants who are principals in bonds signed by them or give any directions in the defense or disposition of the cases in which they sign bonds.

(Ga. L. 1921, p. 243, § 4; Code 1933, § 27-505.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in State v. Jackson, 188 Ga. App. 259, 372 S.E.2d 823 (1988).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

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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