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2021 Georgia Code
Title 17 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures
Article 1 - Searches Without Warrants
§ 17-5-2. Inventory of Items Seized Without Search Warrant to Be Given to Person Arrested and Judicial Officer Before Whom Person Arrested Taken; Return of Items
Universal Citation: GA Code § 17-5-2 (2021)
An inventory of all instruments, articles, or things seized in a search without a search warrant shall be given to the person arrested and a copy thereof delivered to the judicial officer before whom the person arrested is taken. If the person arrested is released without a charge being preferred against him, all instruments, articles, or things seized, other than contraband or stolen property, shall be returned to him upon release.
(Ga. L. 1966, p. 567, § 2.)
Law reviews.- For comment on warrantless search of defendant's home, see 41 Emory L.J. 321 (1992).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Inventory Search Rationale
- Consent to General Searches
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Searches and Seizures, § 312 et seq.
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