---
title: O.C.G.A. § 45-16-35. Coroner to require material witnesses to enter into recognizance; petition for issuance of warrant for arrest of suspected person.
collection: code
id: 45-16-35
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 45-16-35 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-35
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-35.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-35/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=cde47f8a_0#page=459
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/45-16.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-34.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/45-16-36.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES / CORONERS / DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 45-16-35. Coroner to require material witnesses to enter into recognizance; petition for issuance of warrant for arrest of suspected person.

If the inquest discloses facts which lead or may lead to the prosecution of any person for the homicide of the person for whom the inquest is held, the coroner shall require all witnesses who testify to facts material to the issues involved in such prosecution to enter into a recognizance to appear in the superior court of the county in which the inquest is held and to give evidence against the defendant in such prosecution; and he shall also petition for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person suspected of the homicide, which warrant shall be returnable as other warrants.

## History

Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 539; Code 1863, § 4008; Code 1868, § 4036; Code 1873, § 4107; Code 1882, § 4107; Penal Code 1895, § 1264; Penal Code 1910, § 1346; Code 1933, § 21-208; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 12; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.