8 GCA § 40.25: Solvency of Sureties to be Assured; Procedure.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 8: Criminal Procedure
- Chapter 40: Release
(a) Where a bond secured by a surety is required pursuant to this Chapter, the judge may require the person seeking to be the surety to show by affidavit that he is worth the amount of the bond and is otherwise responsible. In the affidavit the person may be required to describe the property by which he proposes to justify and the encumbrances thereon, and to list all his other assets and liabilities. The judge may further examine the person under oath and may call and examine witnesses to determined whether the person is qualified.
(b) Nothing in this Section precludes the judge from allowing two or more sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the bond, if the whole justification equals the amount required.
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