Legal Opinion
Northeast Atlanta Bonding Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 18, 2011No. A10A2089PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Judge.
Northeast Atlanta Bonding Company appeals from a final judgment of forfeiture on three appearance bonds for which it is the surety. When an appearance bond is forfeited because the principal has failed to appear, OCGA § 17-6-71 (a) requires the court in which the bond is forfeited to promptly set a hearing on the forfeiture, and it requires the clerk to serve notice of this hearing upon the surety within ten days of the failure to appear. Until recently, the statute did not specify the consequence of a failure to comply with its notice requirement. And in the absence of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Frazier v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Botts v. Southeastern Pipe-Line Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Ryan v. Commissioners of Chatham CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Haugen v. Henry CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Butterworth v. ButterworthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Rutter v. RutterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
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