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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-3-114. Preliminary hearing for alleged violation of probation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-3-114. Preliminary hearing for alleged violation of probation.

(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) The probationer is not under arrest on a warrant;

(2) The probationer signed a waiver of a preliminary hearing; or

(3) The administrative hearing referred to in Code Section 42-3-115 will be held within 15 days of arrest.

## History

Code 1981, § 42-3-114, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310.