O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-11-8 (2019)

Engaging in bail bond business

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any elected official, officer of the court, law enforcement officer, or attorney in this state to engage either directly or indirectly in the bail bond business. For purposes of this Code section, ‘‘elected official’’ shall not include a person who is elected to the local school board. (b) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 403, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 303, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 593, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 437, § 1/HB 980.)

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2004, ‘‘a person who is’’ was substituted for ‘‘persons who

are’’ in the second sentence of subsection (a).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Prohibition of Ga. L. 1972, p. 403, §§ 1 and 2 (see now O.C.G.A. § 45-11-8) pertained to engaging in professional bail bonds business as defined under

former Code 1933, § 27-502 (see now O.C.G.A. § 17-6-50). 1980 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 80-85.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 369. C.J.S. - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 437 et seq.

ALR. - Validity of statute abolishing commercial bail bond business, 19 ALR4th 355.