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2020 Georgia Code
Title 42 - Penal Institutions
Chapter 8 - Probation
Article 2 - State-Wide Probation System
- § 42-8-20. Short Title
- § 42-8-21. Definitions
- § 42-8-22. State-Wide Probation System for Felony Offenders Created; Administration Generally
- § 42-8-23. Administration of Supervision of Felony Probationers by Dcs; Graduated Sanctions
- § 42-8-24. General Duties of Dcs; Rules and Regulations
- § 42-8-25. Employment of Community Service Officers; Assignment to Circuits by Dcs
- § 42-8-26. Qualifications of Officer; Compensation and Expenses; Conflicts of Interest; Bonds
- § 42-8-27. Duties of Officers
- § 42-8-28. Assignment of Officers Among Judicial Circuits Generally
- § 42-8-29. Presentence Investigations; Supervision of Probationers; Maintenance of Records Relating to Probationers
- § 42-8-29.1. Disposition of Officer's Records; Confidentiality
- § 42-8-30. Applicability of This Article When Private Probation Services Are Utilized
- § 42-8-30.1. Redesignated
- § 42-8-31. Collection and Disbursement of Funds by Officers; Record-Keeping; Bank Accounts
- § 42-8-32. Funds Which May Be Collected by Officers
- § 42-8-33. Audits of Accounts of Officers; Records and Reports of Audits; Bonds of Auditors; Refunding Overpayment of Fines, Restitutions, or Moneys Owed
- § 42-8-34. Sentencing Hearings and Determinations; Presentence Investigations; Payment of Fees, Fines, and Costs; Post-Conviction, Presentence Bond; Continuing Jurisdiction; Transferal of Probation Supervision
- § 42-8-34.1. Revocation of Probated or Suspended Sentence; Alternative Sentencing; Burden of Proof; Length of Probation Supervision
- § 42-8-34.2. Delinquency of Defendant in Payment of Fines, Costs, or Restitution or Reparation; Costs of Garnishment
- § 42-8-35. Terms and Conditions of Probation; Supervision
- § 42-8-35.1. Probation Boot Camp Unit as Special Alternative Incarceration
- § 42-8-35.2. Special Term of Probation; When Imposed; Revocation; Suspension
- § 42-8-35.3. Conditions of Probation for Stalking or Aggravated Stalking
- § 42-8-35.4. Confinement in Probation Detention Center
- § 42-8-35.5. Confinement in Probation Diversion Center
- § 42-8-35.6. Family Violence Intervention Program Participation as Condition of Probation; Cost Borne by Defendant
- § 42-8-35.7. Drug and Alcohol Screening of Probationers
- § 42-8-36. Duty of Probationer to Inform Officer of Residence and Whereabouts; Violations; Tolling; Unpaid Moneys
- § 42-8-37. Effect of Termination of Probated Portion of Sentence; Review of Cases of Persons Receiving Probated Sentence; Reports
- § 42-8-38. Arrest or Graduated Sanctions for Probationers Violating Terms; Hearing; Disposition of Charge; Procedure When Probation Revoked in County Other Than That of Conviction
- § 42-8-39. Suspension of Sentence Does Not Place Defendant on Probation
- § 42-8-40. Confidentiality of Reports, Files, Records, and Other Information Related to Supervision; Exemption From Subpoena; Declassification
- § 42-8-41. Cooperation of State and Local Entities With Probation Officials
- § 42-8-42. Provision of Office Space and Clerical Help by Dcs and Counties
- § 42-8-43. Liberal Construction of Article
- § 42-8-43.1. Through 42-8-43.3
- § 42-8-44. Redesignated
Editor's notes.
- Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, ยง 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date."
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Construction.
- State-wide probation system is strictly construed in favor of a defendant. Helton v. State, 166 Ga. App. 565, 305 S.E.2d 27 (1983).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Revocation of probation based on defendant's misrepresentation or concealment of information from trial court, 36 A.L.R.4th 1182.
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