(a) A bench warrant may be issued by a judge for the arrest of a person:
(1) Accused of a crime by a grand jury;
(2) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 17-6-11, charged with a crime who has failed to appear in court after:
(A) Actual notice of the time and place to appear to the person in open court;
(B) Notice of the time and place to appear to the person by mailing a notice to such person's last known address; or
(C) The person has otherwise been notified of the time and place to appear personally, in writing, by a court official or officer of the court;
(3) Charged with a crime upon the filing by the prosecutor of an accusation supported by affidavit; or
(4) Who failed to dispose of his or her charges or waive arraignment and plead not guilty after the expiration of the 30 day period set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 17-6-11.
(b) Every officer is bound to execute a bench warrant within his or her jurisdiction, and every person so arrested shall be committed to jail until bail is tendered. Any judicial officer or the sheriff of the county where the charge was returned may receive the bail, fix the amount of the bond, and approve the sureties unless it is a case that is bailable only before some particular judicial officer.
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