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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-4-28. Advising, encouraging, or procuring dismissal or settlement of warrant by arresting officer.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-4-28. Advising, encouraging, or procuring dismissal or settlement of warrant by arresting officer.

Any arresting officer who advises or encourages the dismissal or settlement of any criminal warrant placed in his hands for execution, either before or after an arrest is made on the warrant, or who procures or encourages the dismissal or settlement of such warrants by threats, duress, intimidation, promises, or any other artifice or means shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1897, p. 98, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 923; Code 1933, § 27-9901.