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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-13-33. Arrest of person charged with crime in another state under warrant based upon oath or affidavit of another person.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-13-33. Arrest of person charged with crime in another state under warrant based upon oath or affidavit of another person.

Whenever any person within this state shall be charged, on the oath of any credible person before any judge or magistrate of this state, with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising under Code Section 17-13-25, with having fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or with having broken the terms of his bail, probation, or parole, or whenever complaint shall have been made before any judge or magistrate in this state setting forth, on the affidavit of any credible person in another state, that a crime has been committed in such other state and that the accused has been charged in such state with the commission of the crime and, except in cases arising under Code Section 17-13-25, has fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or with having broken the terms of his bail, probation, or parole, and is believed to be in this state, the judge or magistrate shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer, commanding him to apprehend the person named therein, wherever he may be found in this state, and to bring him before the same or any other judge, magistrate, or court who or which may be available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit. A certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.

## History

Ga. L. 1951, p. 726, § 13.