Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 8. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF PEACE OFFICERS

35-8-19. Appointment of citizen of adjoining state as peace officer.

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

In each city of this state adjacent to the State of Georgia boundary line, the sheriff, mayor, or other person authorized to appoint peace officers may appoint as special deputy, special constable, marshal, policeman, or other peace officer a person who is not a citizen of Georgia but who is a citizen of an adjoining state, provided such appointed person is otherwise qualified to serve as a peace officer.

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.

Code 1981, § 35-8-19, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 29; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1325, § 1.

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