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title: Title 42, Chapter 4. Jails
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date: 2025
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heading: JAILS
title_heading: PENAL INSTITUTIONS
section_count: 40
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# Title 42, Chapter 4. Jails

Title 42. Penal Institutions

40 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 42-4-1, Appointment of county and municipal jailers; arrest powers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-1.md
- 42-4-2, Oath and bond of jailers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-2.md
- 42-4-3, When coroner to act as keeper of jail, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-3.md
- 42-4-4, Duties of sheriff as to jail inmates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-4.md
- 42-4-5, Cruelty to inmates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-5.md
- 42-4-6, Confinement and care of tubercular inmates; crediting of time spent in hospital or institution against sentence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-6.md
- 42-4-7, Maintenance of inmate records; earned time allowances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-7.md
- 42-4-8, Inquiry into contents of inmate record by grand jury; failure to comply with Code Section 42-4-7, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-8.md
- 42-4-9, Conditions for receipt of federal prisoners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-9.md
- 42-4-10, Receipt of additional federal prisoners after initial acceptance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-10.md
- 42-4-11, Transfer procedure upon change of venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-11.md
- 42-4-12, Penalty for refusal by officer to receive persons charged with or guilty of offense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-12.md
- 42-4-13, Possession of drugs, weapons, alcohol, or tobacco products by inmates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-13.md
- 42-4-14, Identity verification of persons confined in a jail or detention facility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-14.md
- 42-4-15, Limitations on medical charges for providing emergency medical care services to individuals in custody, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-15.md
- 42-4-16, Inmate reports by county jails and municipal detention facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-16.md
- 42-4-30, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-30.md
- 42-4-31, Required safety and security measures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-31.md
- 42-4-32, Sanitation and health requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-32.md
- 42-4-33, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-33.md
- 42-4-50, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-50.md
- 42-4-51, Information as to inmate’s health insurance or eligibility for benefits; access to medical services; liability for payment; inmate’s liability for costs of medical care; procedure for recovery against inmate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-51.md
- 42-4-70, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-70.md
- 42-4-71, Deduction of costs from inmate’s account for destruction of property, medical treatment, and other causes; exception for certain medical costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-71.md
- 42-4-90, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-90.md
- 42-4-91, Statement of authority; policy of state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-91.md
- 42-4-92, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-92.md
- 42-4-93, Creation of authorities; exemption from Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission Act, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-93.md
- 42-4-94, Board of directors; members; election of officers; expenses; duties; addition of counties or municipalities to authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-94.md
- 42-4-95, Management committee of county regional jail authority; management and operation of municipal regional jail authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-95.md
- 42-4-96, Quorums; voting requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-96.md
- 42-4-97, Powers of authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-97.md
- 42-4-98, Duties and responsibilities of sheriffs and governing bodies imposed upon management committee and authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-98.md
- 42-4-99, Limitation on liability of members, officers, or employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-99.md
- 42-4-100, Bonds or other obligations; requirements and procedure for issuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-100.md
- 42-4-101, Bonds or other obligations not indebtedness of state or political subdivision; payment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-101.md
- 42-4-102, Construction of article; bonds not subject to regulation under Georgia Uniform Securities Act; power of counties and municipalities to activate authorities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-102.md
- 42-4-103, Operation and finance agreement required; withdrawal from authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-103.md
- 42-4-104, Authority of county or municipality to establish and maintain jail or jail-holding facility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-104.md
- 42-4-105, Immunity of authorities from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-4-105.md