TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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

ARTICLE 4 BONDS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND TO KEEP THE PEACE

17-6-91. Extension of bond by court; right of sureties to surrender principal.

A bond for good behavior posted pursuant to Code Section 17-6-90 may be extended for a period of six months by the court which required the bond. The sureties on the bond shall have the privilege of surrendering their principal as in other cases of bail.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 4629; Code 1868, § 4653; Code 1873, § 4751; Code 1882, § 4751; Penal Code 1895, § 1237; Penal Code 1910, § 1319; Code 1933, § 76-103; Code 1981, §17-6-93; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1151, § 2; Code 1981, §17-6-91, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2013, p. 584, § 3/HB 146.)

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, redesignated former Code Section 17-6-93 as present Code Section 17-6-91; and substituted "for a period of six months by the court which required the bond" for "from term to term by the superior or state court, as the case may be, or for additional 60 day periods by the court which issued the warrant, whichever is greater, in its discretion" in the first sentence.