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Code of Criminal Procedure §18

In force on Oct 20, 2005 · this text took effect (date not stated) · same as today's text

FORFEITURE OF BAIL

If the prisoner is admitted to bail and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the judge, or magistrate by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited and order his immediate arrest without warrant if he be within this State. Recovery may be had on such bond in the name of the State as in the case of other bonds given by the accused in criminal proceedings within this State.

History:

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

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Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0424 (Oct 20, 2005): Use of county jail inmate labor on projects for nonprofit organizations
JM-0819 (Oct 30, 1987): Reconsideration of Attorney General Opinion JM-422: Whether the same person may serve justice of the peace a:: part time appointed municipal judge of a city within the same county precinct Gentlemen: You have requested that we reconsider the second question addressed in Attorney General Opinion JM-422 (1986). This office was asked whether a person appointed justice of the peace may serve simultaneously as part time appointed municipal judge for a city located in the precinct. Attorney General Opinion JM-422 concluded that the common law doctrine of incompatibility prevented a justice of the pe

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