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Título 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Capítulo 5. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES · Artículo 2. SEARCHES WITH WARRANTS

17-5-21.1. Issuance of search warrants by video conference.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    A judge of any court in this state authorized to issue search warrants pursuant to Code Section 17-5-21 may, as an alternative to other laws relating to the issuance of search warrants, conduct such applications for the issuance of search warrants by video conference. The issuance of a search warrant by video conference shall be valid irrespective of the physical location of the judge at the time of the video conference, provided that the judge issuing the warrant is authorized by law to issue such warrant.#

  2. (b)

    Search warrant applications heard by video conference shall be conducted in a manner to ensure that the judge conducting the hearing has visual and audible contact with all affiants and witnesses giving testimony.#

  3. (c)

    The affiant participating in a search warrant application by video conference shall sign the affidavit for a search warrant and any related documents by any reasonable means which identifies the affiant, including, but not limited to, his or her typewritten name, signature affixed by electronic stylus, or any other reasonable means which identifies the person signing the affidavit and any related documents. The judge participating in a search warrant application by video conference shall sign the affidavit for a search warrant, the search warrant, and any related documents by any reasonable means which identifies the judge, including, but not limited to, his or her typewritten name, signature affixed by electronic stylus, or any other reasonable means which identifies the judicial officer signing the affidavit and warrant and any related documents. Such applications shall be deemed to be written within the meaning of Code Section 17-5-21. Such authorization shall be deemed to comply with the issuance requirements provided for in Code Section 17-5-22.#

  4. (d)

    A judge hearing matters pursuant to this Code section shall administer an oath to any person testifying by means of a video conference.#

  5. (e)

    A video recording of the application hearing and any documents submitted in conjunction with the application shall be maintained as part of the record.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 17-5-21.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 300, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 584, § 2/HB 146; Ga. L. 2021, p. 423, § 1-7/HB 635.

Amendments

The 2021 amendment, effective May 4, 2021, deleted “, and, at the time such warrant is issued, he or she is physically located within this state” following “such warrant” at the end of the last sentence of subsection (a).

Law reviews

For article, “Statewide Judicial Emergency: Judicial Order by the Supreme Court of Georgia Declaring a Statewide Judicial Emergency,” see 37 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 31 (2020).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t17-(v15)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V15, edición 2020, suplemento de 2025, páginas 31 a 32; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo 9ed85bfde942.