Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 4. ARREST OF PERSONS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

17-4-1. Actions constituting an arrest.

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An actual touching of a person with a hand is not essential to constitute a valid arrest. If the person voluntarily submits to being considered under arrest or yields on condition of being allowed his freedom of locomotion, under the discretion of the officer, the arrest is complete.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4609; Code 1968, § 4631; Code 1873, § 4728; Code 1882, § 4728; Penal Code 1895, § 893; Penal Code 1910, § 914; Code 1933, § 27-201.

Law reviews

For survey article on criminal law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (2007).

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