Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 4. ARREST OF PERSONS · Article 2. ARREST BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GENERALLY

17-4-24. Duty of law enforcement officers to execute penal warrants; summoning of posses.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Every law enforcement officer is bound to execute the penal warrants given to him to execute. He may summon to his assistance, either in writing or orally, any of the citizens of the neighborhood or county to assist in the execution of such warrants. The acts of the citizens formed as a posse by such officer shall be subject to the same protection and consequences as official acts.

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, § 4602; Code 1868, § 4625; Code 1873, § 4722; Code 1882, § 4722; Penal Code 1895, § 895; Penal Code 1910, § 916; Code 1933, § 27-206; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 17.

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