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# O.C.G.A. § 17-5-24. Officers authorized to execute search warrants.

The search warrant shall be issued in duplicate and shall be directed for execution to all peace officers of this state. However, the judicial officer may direct the search warrant to be executed by any peace officer named specially therein.

## History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 567, § 5.

## Law Reviews

For comment, ‘‘Seeking Warrants for Unknown Locations: The Mismatch Between Digital Pegs and Territorial Holes,’’ see 68 Emory L.J. 185 (2018).