2025 Code of Georgia
Title 17 - Criminal Procedure (Chs. 1 — 22)
Chapter 4 - Arrest of Persons (Arts. 1 — 5)
Article 2 - Arrest by Law Enforcement Officers Generally (§§ 17-4-20 — 17-4-30)
Annotations
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Arrest powers of campus police and security personnel, § 20-3-72.
Failure to comply with Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act, § 35-8-17.
Appointment of citizen of adjoining state as peace officer, § 35-8-19.
Law reviews.For note, “You have the Right to Free Speech: Retaliatory Arrests and the Pretext of Probable Cause,” see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 607 (2017).
For article, “Dead Canaries in the Coal Mines: The Symbolic Assailant Revisited,” see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 513 (2018).
For article, “Assessing the Impact of Police Body Camera Evidence on the Litigation of Excessive Force Cases,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 1 (2019).
For annual survey of criminal law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 967 (2020).
For article, “How the Fourth Amendment Frustrates the Regulation of Police Violence,” see 70 Emory L. J. 521 (2021).
For article, “Violent Videos: Criminal Defense in a Digital Age,” see 37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 305 (2021).
U.S. Code.Disposition of criminal cases, 18 U. S. C. § 3165.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 17
O. C. G. A. Title 17, Ch. 4
- § 17-4-20. Authorization of arrests with and without warrants generally; use of deadly force; adoption or promulgation of conflicting regulations, policies, ordinances, and resolutions; authority of nuclear power facility security officer
- § 17-4-20.1. Investigation of family violence; preparation of written report; review of report by defendant arrested for family violence; compilation of statistics
- § 17-4-20.2. Bias Crime Report; requirements; use of reports; publication
- § 17-4-21. Duty of arresting officer to take arrested person before judicial officer; right of arrested person to select judicial officer
- § 17-4-22. Authority of peace officers to make arrests not to be denied because of race, creed, or national origin of peace officers or persons arrested
- § 17-4-23. Issuance of citation in lieu of arrest; issuance of warrants for arrest for failure of persons charged to appear in court; bond
- § 17-4-24. Duty of law enforcement officers to execute penal warrants; summoning of posses
- § 17-4-25. Power to make arrests in any county; arrested persons taken before judicial officer; transportation costs; holding in county other than one in which offense committed; transport to regional jail
- § 17-4-25.1. Transport of arrested person to jurisdiction in which offense committed; transport of prisoner outside county or municipality
- § 17-4-26. Duty to bring persons arrested before judicial officer within 72 hours; notice to accused of time and place of commitment hearing; effect of failure to notify
- § 17-4-27. Duty to maintain information about persons arrested by law enforcement officers under their supervision; inspection of records
- § 17-4-28. Advising, encouraging, or procuring dismissal or settlement of warrant by arresting officer
- § 17-4-29. Collecting or receiving costs or other charges of prosecutor or defendant by arresting officer before warrant returned
- § 17-4-30. Arrest of hearing impaired persons
