Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 5. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES · Article 2. SEARCHES WITH WARRANTS

17-5-20. Requirements for issuance of search warrant generally.

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(a)
A search warrant may be issued only upon the application of an officer of this state or its political subdivisions charged with the duty of enforcing the criminal laws or a currently certified peace officer engaged in the course of official duty, whether said officer is employed by a law enforcement unit of:#
1. (1)
  The state or a political subdivision of the state; or#
2. (2)
  A university, college, or school.#
(b)
A search warrant shall not be issued upon the application of a private citizen or for his aid in the enforcement of personal, civil, or property rights.#

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.

Ga. L. 1966, p. 567, § 14; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1980, § 1.

For note on 1990 amendment of this Code section, see 7 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 261 (1990).

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