24-5-504. Law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of law enforcement agency testimony.

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

Any law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of a law enforcement agency testifying in his or her official capacity in any criminal proceeding shall not be compelled to reveal his or her home address. Such officer or employee may be required to divulge the business address of his or her employer, and the court may require any law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of a law enforcement agency to answer questions as to his or her home address whenever such fact may be material to any issue in the proceeding.

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

Code 1981, § 24-5-504, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2023, p. 87, § 3/HB 139, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “or nonsworn employee of a law enforcement agency” in the first and second sentences and inserted “or employee” at the beginning of the second sentence.

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

Text read from t24-ch1-7-(v20)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V20, 2023 edition, page 384; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 f2f9d1712dd4.