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17-4-42. Issuance of special warrants for arrest; treatment of special warrants as general arrest warrants.

The only printed version. Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

No judicial officer except a judge of the superior court shall issue a special warrant for arrest returnable only before himself; nor shall any superior court judge issue such warrant outside of his own judicial circuit. If issued outside the judicial circuit, the warrant shall be treated as a general arrest warrant.