--- title: Title 17, Chapter 5. Searches and Seizures collection: code id: code:chapter:17-5 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/17/chapter/5 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-6.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: SEARCHES AND SEIZURES title_heading: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE section_count: 30 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5.md?full=1 --- # Title 17, Chapter 5. Searches and Seizures Title 17. Criminal Procedure 30 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 17-5-1, Search pursuant to lawful arrest authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-1.md - 17-5-2, Inventory of items seized without search warrant to be given to person arrested and judicial officer before whom person arrested taken; return of items, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-2.md - 17-5-20, Requirements for issuance of search warrant generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-20.md - 17-5-21, Grounds for issuance of search warrant; scope of search pursuant to search warrant; issuance by retired judge or judge emeritus, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-21.md - 17-5-21.1, Issuance of search warrants by video conference, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-21.1.md - 17-5-22, Issuance of search warrants by judicial officers generally; maintenance of docket record of warrants issued, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-22.md - 17-5-23, Command of search warrant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-23.md - 17-5-24, Officers authorized to execute search warrants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-24.md - 17-5-25, Execution of search warrant generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-25.md - 17-5-26, When search warrant may be executed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-26.md - 17-5-27, Use of force in execution of search warrant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-27.md - 17-5-28, Detention and search of persons on premises, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-28.md - 17-5-29, Written return of items seized; filing and signing of inventory; delivery of copies of inventory, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-29.md - 17-5-30, Motion to suppress evidence illegally seized generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-30.md - 17-5-31, Quashing warrant or suppressing evidence because of technical irregularity not affecting substantial rights of accused, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-31.md - 17-5-32, Search and seizure of documentary evidence in possession of attorney; exclusion of illegally obtained evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-32.md - 17-5-50, Property unlawfully obtained; rights of owner; hearing; admissibility of photographs in lieu of original property; representation of unknown or absent defendants; statements made by defendant or agent at trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-50.md - 17-5-51, Civil forfeiture of weapons used in commission of crime, possession of which constitutes crime or delinquent act, or illegal concealment generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-51.md - 17-5-52, Disposition of weapons used in commission of crime or delinquent act involving possession; civil forfeiture, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-52.md - 17-5-52.1, Disposal of forfeited or abandoned firearms; innocent owners; auctions; record keeping; liability of government entities, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-52.1.md - 17-5-53, Disposition of devices with historical or instructional value, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-53.md - 17-5-54, Definitions; disposition of personal property in custody of law enforcement agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-54.md - 17-5-55, Designation of custodian for introduced evidence; evidence log; storage, maintenance, and disposal of evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-55.md - 17-5-56, Maintenance of physical evidence containing biological material, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-56.md - 17-5-70, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-70.md - 17-5-71, Preservation of evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-71.md - 17-5-72, Right to free forensic medical examination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-72.md - 17-5-73, Victim’s right to refuse request for polygraph examinations or other truth-telling devices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-73.md - 17-5-74, Unreported sexual assault kits; definitions; state-wide tracking system; requirements; implementation; reporting; jurisdiction; liability; regulatory authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-74.md - 17-5-100, Investigation of illegal alien status, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5-100.md