O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-13-61 (2019)

Maintenance of records; accusations

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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All records other than those excepted in this article shall be maintained at the traffic violations bureau of the court. No accusation of an offense for which citation and complaint may be issued shall be entered on the misdemeanor docket maintained by the clerk of the court. No accusation for any offense coming under the jurisdiction of the traffic violations bureau of the court shall be taken by the prosecuting attorney of the court or maintained in his office unless said person to whom the said summons was issued fails to post a cash bond as defined in this article or fails to appear on the date specified in the summons to answer said complaint.

History

(Ga. L. 1966, p. 381, § 9; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1987–2003 · leading case: Geng v. State, 578 S.E.2d 115 (Ga. 2003).
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Geng v. State, 578 S.E.2d 115 (Ga. 2003). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 40-13-61. The majority bases its outcome on the contention that Geng was fined $315, and that the "sentencing order" specified that he would be subject to a six-month period of incarceration if he failed to pay that fine.”
Keller v. State, 359 S.E.2d 714 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 40-13-61 requires all records of such traffic violations to be maintained at the traffic violations bureau of the court, and prohibits the entering of an accusation on the misdemeanor docket maintained by the clerk of the court.”
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