Bond Tracker — how customers agree to receive texts

Georgia Law Enforcement · updated August 7, 2026

Bond Tracker is used inside bonding company offices. A customer arranging a bond can ask to be sent progress updates about that bond by text. This page shows exactly how that agreement is obtained, because it happens face to face rather than on a website.

Where it happens

A customer comes into a bonding company's office to arrange a bond for someone in custody. While the paperwork is being completed, a member of staff asks whether they would like text updates on progress. There is no online sign-up, no advertising, and no list. A number is only ever entered while the customer is standing there and has asked for it.

What the customer is told, word for word

Staff read this aloud before entering any number:

Read to the customer "If you'd like, we can text you updates on this bond — when the jail receives the paperwork, when they're brought down, and when they're released. That's about four messages. Message and data rates may apply. You can reply STOP at any time to stop them, or HELP for help. Would you like that?"

The screen where the number is entered

Staff cannot send anything without passing this screen, and the same disclosure appears on it:

Give the customer the tracker

Scan the code or send the link. They enter the inmate number to follow progress themselves.

Text it to the customer

(770) 555-0134

Send the link

What they receive

A link to follow that bond, sent once.
Up to three updates for that bond: paperwork received, person brought down, released.
Nothing else. No marketing, ever. When the bond ends, the messages end.

Example: "Bond update: the person has been brought down for release. Reply STOP to opt out."

Terms and privacy

The two documents governing this program

Terms of Service: https://georgialea.com/terms.html

Privacy Policy: https://georgialea.com/privacy.html

Consent to receive text messages is separate and specific. It is never bundled with these terms, with the bond agreement, or with any other document. No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third party.

Stopping them

Reply STOP to any message and they stop immediately.
Reply HELP, or call 678-944-9456.
Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies and is never more than a few per bond.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Numbers are never sold or rented, and are deleted three days after the bond completes.