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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-10-103. Constables’ power to arrest.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-10-103. Constables’ power to arrest.

Constables shall exercise the power of arrest only with a warrant or at the direction of and in the presence of a magistrate or the judge of another court.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-10-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1.