Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 17-6-15. Necessity for Commitment Where Bail Tendered and Accepted; Opportunity for Bail; Receipt of Bail After Commitment and Imprisonment; Imprisonment of Person Who Offers Bond for Amount of Bail Set; Effect Upon Common-Law Authority of Court

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 4620; Code 1868, § 4644; Code 1873, § 4742; Code 1882, § 4742; Penal Code 1895, § 922; Penal Code 1910, § 947; Code 1933, § 27-418; Ga. L. 1977, p. 346, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 532, § 2; Ga. L. 2014, p. 444, § 3-1/HB 271; Ga. L. 2022, p. 297, § 1/HB 1183.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, in division (b)(1)(E)(ii), substituted “5 percent” for “10 percent” and inserted “and such cash escrow account shall not be required to have on deposit an amount in excess of $1,000,000.00”.

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