Osborne Bonding & Surety Co. v. State

Smith, Judge.

Osborne Bonding & Surety Company appeals from the trial court’s denial of its “Motion for Refund of Surety Fees,” seeking remission of a portion of a forfeited bail bond under the version of OCGA § 17-6-72 (d) (1) in effect at the time. That subsection then provided that, under certain circumstances not disputed here, the “court shall direct remission of 95 percent of the bond amount remitted to the surety if the surety locates the principal causing the return of the principal to the jurisdiction where the bond was made, apprehends, surrenders, or produces the principal, if the…