Georgia § 17-6-6 - Clerk of court or judge to provide cash receipt book; furnishing of copies of receipt; disposition of original receipt and bond.

§ 17-6-6. Clerk of court or judge to provide cash receipt book; furnishing of copies of receipt; disposition of original receipt and bond.

Other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, when an order is passed as provided for in Code Section 17-6-5 authorizing an officer to accept cash bonds, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, if there is one, or, if there is no clerk, the judge passing the order to furnish the officer or officers authorized under the order with a book of blank receipts, consecutively numbered in triplicate and readily distinguishable and identifiable. The receipts shall be completed by the officers when making an arrest and accepting a cash bond so as to show the name of the person arrested, date of arrest, nature of the offense, amount of the cash bond given, and the name of the arresting officer. The arresting officer or the person receiving the cash bond shall deliver a copy of the receipt to the person arrested at the time the cash bond is given and shall file the original receipt together with the cash bond with the clerk, or judge, as the case may be, of the court having jurisdiction of the offense not later than the next succeeding business day of such clerk or judge following the date of issuance of the receipt. The remaining copy of the receipt shall be mailed to the commissioner of public safety. (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 331, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1493, § 1.) Law reviews. - For comment on Land v. State, 103 Ga. App. 496 , 119 S.E.2d 809 (1961), see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 452 (1963).