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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES · Chapter 2. STATE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT · Article 2. ENFORCEMENT

3-2-31. Assistance to other authorities by special agents and enforcement officers of department.

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

  1. (a)

    Upon a request by the governing authority of any municipality or county, the sheriff or chief of a county police force, the judge of the superior court of any county, or the Governor, the commissioner, in unusual circumstances, may and, in the case of an order from the Governor, shall direct special agents and enforcement officers of the department to render assistance in:#

    1. (1)

      Any criminal case;#

    2. (2)

      The prevention of violations of law; or#

    3. (3)

      Detecting and apprehending those violating any criminal laws of this state, any other state, or the United States.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall not apply solely to agents who enforce this title but shall apply to all agents of the department with law enforcement powers.#

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. 1978, p. 1490, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-351, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1.

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

Text read from t1-t2-t3-(v3)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, page 668; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 206dab95f27a.