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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-5-14. Establishment of guard lines and signs at state or county correctional institutions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-5-14. Establishment of guard lines and signs at state or county correctional institutions.

Guard lines shall be established by the warden, superintendent, or his designated representative in charge at the various state or county correctional institutions in the same manner that land lines are established, except that, at each corner of the lines, signs must be used on which shall be plainly stamped or written: “Guard line of .” Signs shall also be placed at all entrances and exits for vehicles and pedestrians at the institutions and at such intervals along the guard lines as will reasonably place all persons approaching the guard lines on notice of the location of the institutions.

## History

Ga. L. 1903, p. 71, § 3; Penal Code 1910, § 1231; Code 1933, § 77-403; Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Departmental Operations, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Chapter 125-2.

Institutional and Center Operations, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Chapter 125-3.

Institutional, Center, and Program Services, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Board of Corrections, Chapter 125-4.