{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-6-52","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-6-52","heading":"Soliciting business or loitering around jails or courts to solicit business; giving of advice by law enforcement officers as to services of professional bondsmen.","body":"Professional bondsmen, their agents, or employees shall not solicit business as bondsmen or loiter about or around jails, places where prisoners are confined, or the courts for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting business as such bondsmen. No state or municipal law enforcement officer or keeper or employee of a penal institution may suggest to or give advice to, in any manner whatsoever, any prisoner regarding the services of a professional bondsman to write a criminal bond for the appearance of a prisoner in any court at any time.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 6 Bonds and Recognizances","Article 2 Sureties","PART 2 Professional Bondsmen"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a88d97a62612e77979e019dac8a080d5247581de776c9b1161f73bbcb9f0beaf","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-6-51","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-6-53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}