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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-8-231. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of officers generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-8-231. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of officers generally.

All special officers appointed and commissioned as provided for in this article shall have throughout the state all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of sheriffs or other law enforcement officers of the state while engaged in the performance of their duties as such railroad officers, except the serving of civil processes.

## History

Ga. L. 1935, p. 465, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 390.