TITLE 17.**CRIMINAL PROCEDURE *
CHAPTER 6.**BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES *
ARTICLE 1.**GENERAL PROVISIONS
O.C.G.A. § 17-6-11 *(2013)
§ 17-6-11.**Display of driver's license for violation of certain traffic related laws
(a)....any person who is apprehended by an officer for the violation of the laws of this state....upon being served with the official summons issued by such apprehending officer....
in lieu of being immediately brought before the proper magistrate....
in lieu of a recognizance ordering incarceration,
may display his or her driver's license to the apprehending officer
in lieu of bail,
in lieu of entering into a recognizance for his or her appearance for trial as set in the aforesaid summons, or
in lieu of being incarcerated by the apprehending officer and held for further action by the appropriate judicial officer.