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O.C.G.A. § 17-6-55 — Penalty for violation of part | 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

17-6-55. Penalty for violation of part.

Any person who violates any Code section in this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1921, p. 243, § 8; Code 1933, § 27-9903.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Receipt of an uncashed check did not constitute "any other sum" in excess of the fee for becoming a surety on a criminal bond under this section. Johnson v. State, 135 Ga. App. 51, 217 S.E.2d 382 (1975).

Cited in Lunsford v. State, 72 Ga. App. 700, 34 S.E.2d 731 (1945).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 8A Am. Jur. 2d, Bail and Recognizance, § 1 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 8 C.J.S., Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings, §§ 2 et seq., 160, 253, 254.

ALR.

- Practicing or pretending to practice law without authority as contempt, 36 A.L.R. 533; 100 A.L.R. 236.

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