Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 16. STUDENTS · Part 1. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

20-2-699. Disposition of children taken into custody.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Any person assuming temporary custody of a child pursuant to Code Section 20-2-698 shall immediately deliver the child either to the parent or guardian or to the school from which the child is absent, or if the child is found to have been adjudged a delinquent child or a child in need of services, the person shall cause the child to be brought before the juvenile probation officer or community supervision officer of the county having jurisdiction over such child.

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.

History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 768, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 20; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 4-36/HB 242; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-51/HB 310; Ga. L. 2025, p. 92, § 8/SB 123, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “parent or guardian” for “parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the child”.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t20-ch1-2b-(v17)-pdf.pdf, Volume V17, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 226 to 227; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 46f1cc71579d.