Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 42. PENAL INSTITUTIONS · Chapter 3. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND TRANSITION · Article 6. PROBATION MANAGEMENT

42-3-114. Preliminary hearing for alleged violation of probation.

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(a)
Whenever an options system probationer is arrested on a warrant for an alleged violation of probation, an informal preliminary hearing shall be held within a reasonable time not to exceed 15 days.#
(b)
A preliminary hearing shall not be required when:#
1. (1)
  The probationer is not under arrest on a warrant;#
2. (2)
  The probationer signed a waiver of a preliminary hearing; or#
3. (3)
  The administrative hearing referred to in Code Section 42-3-115 will be held within 15 days of arrest.#

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, § 42-3-114, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310.

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