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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 9. SPECIAL POLICEMEN

35-9-9. Powers and duties generally; wearing of special badge; reporting of change of address.

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

  1. (a)

    Each person appointed as a special policeman under Code Sections 35-9-2 through 35-9-8, this Code section, and Code Sections 35-9-10 through 35-9-12 shall:#

    1. (1)

      Be charged with the duty of protecting and preserving the property described in the application for his appointment;#

    2. (2)

      Have power to arrest all persons trespassing or committing offenses or crimes on the property described in the application for his appointment;#

    3. (3)

      Have and may exercise the powers of a peace officer, but only upon the property or in connection with the property described in the application for his appointment; and#

    4. (4)

      Have power to possess and carry such firearms and other weapons while on duty as may be prescribed by the appointing authority.#

  2. (b)

    When on duty, a special policeman shall wear a metallic badge upon which shall be inscribed the words “special policeman.”#

  3. (c)

    Whenever a person appointed as a special policeman shall change his residence, he shall forthwith give notice of his new address to the appointing authority.#

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. 1943, p. 595, § 5; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 35.

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

Text read from t35-t36-ch1-59-(v27)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27, 2025 edition, pages 305 to 306; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 6c7b6bcea397.