---
title: Title 42, Chapter 9. Pardons and Paroles
collection: code
id: code:chapter:42-9
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/42/chapter/9
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9.md
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/42.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-8.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-10.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
heading: PARDONS AND PAROLES
title_heading: PENAL INSTITUTIONS
section_count: 57
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9.md?full=1
---

# Title 42, Chapter 9. Pardons and Paroles

Title 42. Penal Institutions

57 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 42-9-1, Declaration of legislative policy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-1.md
- 42-9-2, Creation of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-2.md
- 42-9-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-3.md
- 42-9-4, Appointments to board when Senate not in session, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-4.md
- 42-9-5, Compensation of board members, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-5.md
- 42-9-6, Board chairman, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-6.md
- 42-9-7, Board quorum, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-7.md
- 42-9-8, Official board seal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-8.md
- 42-9-9, Board employees; “disability” defined; awarding of badges, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-9.md
- 42-9-9.1, Assistance to law enforcement, correctional, or homeland security agencies; conferring powers of law enforcement officers by the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-9.1.md
- 42-9-10, Legal adviser of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-10.md
- 42-9-11, Office quarters for board; supplies and equipment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-11.md
- 42-9-12, Appointment of replacement for incapacitated member; calling of appointing council by Governor; immunity of council from civil or criminal liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-12.md
- 42-9-13, Reinstatement of incapacitated member upon recovery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-13.md
- 42-9-14, Removal of board members for cause, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-14.md
- 42-9-15, Conflicts of interest by members or employees of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-15.md
- 42-9-16, Persons permitted to appear or practice before board for remuneration generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-16.md
- 42-9-17, Appearance before board by members of General Assembly or other elected or appointed officials on behalf of persons under the jurisdiction of the board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-17.md
- 42-9-18, Maintenance of records of persons contacting members of board on behalf of inmates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-18.md
- 42-9-19, Annual report of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-19.md
- 42-9-20, General duties of board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-20.md
- 42-9-20.1, Public access to information regarding paroled felons residing within state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-20.1.md
- 42-9-21, Supervision of persons placed on parole or other conditional release; contracts for services and programs; collection of sums for restitution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-21.md
- 42-9-21.1, Compensation of board employee injured by inmate or parolee, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-21.1.md
- 42-9-22, Construction of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-22.md
- 42-9-39, Restrictions on relief for person serving a second life sentence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-39.md
- 42-9-40, Parole guidelines system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-40.md
- 42-9-41, Duty of board to obtain and place in records information respecting persons subject to relief or placed on probation; investigations; rules, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-41.md
- 42-9-42, Procedure for granting relief from sentence; conditions and prerequisites; public access to information; violation of parole, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-42.md
- 42-9-42.1, Use of HIV test results in granting relief from sentence; conditions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-42.1.md
- 42-9-43, Information to be considered by board generally; conduct of investigation and examination; determination as to grant of relief, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-43.md
- 42-9-43.1, Citizenship status of prisoner; deportation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-43.1.md
- 42-9-44, Terms and conditions of parole; adoption of general and special rules; violation of parole; certain parolees or releasees to obtain high school diploma or state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diploma, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-44.md
- 42-9-44.1, , reserved through 42-9-44.2 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-44.1.md
- 42-9-44.3, Definitions; required community service; liability; work during periods of natural disaster, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-44.3.md
- 42-9-45, General rule-making power, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-45.md
- 42-9-46, Cases in which inmate has failed to serve time required for automatic initial consideration; objections, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-46.md
- 42-9-47, Notification of decision to parole inmate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-47.md
- 42-9-48, Arrest of parolee or conditional release violator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-48.md
- 42-9-49, Reimbursement of counties for incarceration of persons arrested in accordance with Code Section 42-9-48, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-49.md
- 42-9-50, Preliminary hearing for parole or conditional release violator; ratification or overruling of decision of hearing officer by board; disposition of violator, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-50.md
- 42-9-51, Final hearing for parole or conditional release violator; order and statement as to disposition of violator; revocations without hearing and temporary revocations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-51.md
- 42-9-52, Discharge from parole; earned-time allowance; granting of pardons, commutations, and remissions of fines, forfeitures, or penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-52.md
- 42-9-53, Preservation of documents; classification of information and documents; divulgence of confidential state secrets; conduct of hearings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-53.md
- 42-9-54, Effect of pardons upon civil and political disabilities; conditional pardons prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-54.md
- 42-9-55, Cooperation by jails or correctional institutions with board, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-55.md
- 42-9-56, Restriction on Governor’s powers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-56.md
- 42-9-57, Effect of chapter on probation power of courts; cooperation by board with the department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-57.md
- 42-9-58, Effect of chapter on other laws respecting parole and probation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-58.md
- 42-9-59, Effect of chapter on previously granted pardons, paroles, and probations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-59.md
- 42-9-60, Overcrowding of prison system as creating state of emergency; paroling inmates to reduce prison system population to capacity; annual report of inmates paroled, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-60.md
- 42-9-61, Request for report; disclosure’s impact on confidentiality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-61.md
- 42-9-70, , reserved through 42-9-71 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-70.md
- 42-9-80, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-80.md
- 42-9-81, Execution of compact, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-81.md
- 42-9-82, Powers of Governor with respect to compact, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-82.md
- 42-9-90, Application fee required for transfer consideration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/42-9-90.md