--- title: Title 17, Chapter 4. Arrest of Persons collection: code id: code:chapter:17-4 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/17/chapter/4 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4.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/17.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-3.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-5.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: ARREST OF PERSONS title_heading: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE section_count: 29 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4.md?full=1 --- # Title 17, Chapter 4. Arrest of Persons Title 17. Criminal Procedure 29 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 17-4-1, Actions constituting an arrest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-1.md - 17-4-2, Privilege from arrest of active duty military personnel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-2.md - 17-4-3, Right of forcible entry into private dwellings pursuant to execution of arrest warrant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-3.md - 17-4-20, Authorization of arrests with and without warrants generally; use of deadly force; adoption or promulgation of conflicting regulations, policies, ordinances, and resolutions; authority of nuclear power facility security officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-20.md - 17-4-20.1, Investigation of family violence; preparation of written report; review of report by defendant arrested for family violence; compilation of statistics, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-20.1.md - 17-4-20.2, Bias Crime Report; requirements; use of reports; publication, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-20.2.md - 17-4-21, Duty of arresting officer to take arrested person before judicial officer; right of arrested person to select judicial officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-21.md - 17-4-22, Authority of peace officers to make arrests not to be denied because of race, creed, or national origin of peace officers or persons arrested, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-22.md - 17-4-23, Issuance of citation in lieu of arrest; issuance of warrants for arrest for failure of persons charged to appear in court; bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-23.md - 17-4-24, Duty of law enforcement officers to execute penal warrants; summoning of posses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-24.md - 17-4-25, Power to make arrests in any county; arrested persons taken before judicial officer; transportation costs; holding in county other than one in which offense committed; transport to regional jail, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-25.md - 17-4-25.1, Transport of arrested person to jurisdiction in which offense committed; transport of prisoner outside county or municipality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-25.1.md - 17-4-26, Duty to bring persons arrested before judicial officer within 72 hours; notice to accused of time and place of commitment hearing; effect of failure to notify, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-26.md - 17-4-27, Duty to maintain information about persons arrested by law enforcement officers under their supervision; inspection of records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-27.md - 17-4-28, Advising, encouraging, or procuring dismissal or settlement of warrant by arresting officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-28.md - 17-4-29, Collecting or receiving costs or other charges of prosecutor or defendant by arresting officer before warrant returned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-29.md - 17-4-30, Arrest of hearing impaired persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-30.md - 17-4-40, Persons who may issue warrants for arrest of offenders against penal laws; warrants requested by others; persons who may issue warrants for arrest of peace or law enforcement officers, DFCS case managers, or school teachers or administrators, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-40.md - 17-4-41, Contents of affidavits made or warrants issued for arrest of penal offenders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-41.md - 17-4-42, Issuance of special warrants for arrest; treatment of special warrants as general arrest warrants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-42.md - 17-4-43, Requirement by judicial officer of bond to prosecute, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-43.md - 17-4-44, Warrants may be issued in any county; execution of warrants without backing or endorsement of judicial officer in county where warrant is executed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-44.md - 17-4-45, Form of affidavit for arrest warrant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-45.md - 17-4-46, Form of warrant for arrest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-46.md - 17-4-47, Issuance of warrants by video conference; testimony; initial bond hearings; oaths, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-47.md - 17-4-60, Grounds for arrest, reserved through 17-4-62 (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-60.md - 17-4-61, Taking of persons arrested before judicial officer or to peace officer; duty and liability of peace officer taking custody, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-61.md - 17-4-62, Taking of persons arrested before judicial officer within 48 hours of arrest, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-62.md - 17-4-80, Limited detention by certain private individuals for certain offenses; definitions; involvement of law enforcement; defenses; limited use of force, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-4-80.md