Código Oficial de Georgia Anotado

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

17-5-27. Use of force in execution of search warrant.

Vigente

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.

All necessary and reasonable force may be used to effect an entry into any building or property or part thereof to execute a search warrant if, after verbal notice or an attempt in good faith to give verbal notice by the officer directed to execute the same of his authority and purpose:
(1)
He is refused admittance;#
(2)
The person or persons within the building or property or part thereof refuse to acknowledge and answer the verbal notice or the presence of the person or persons therein is unknown to the officer; or#
(3)
The building or property or part thereof is not then occupied by any person.#

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 4636; Code 1868, § 4660; Code 1873, § 4758; Code 1882, § 4758; Penal Code 1895, § 1244; Penal Code 1910, § 1326; Code 1933, § 27-301; Ga. L. 1966, p. 567, § 8.

Law reviews

For note, ‘‘Cops or Robbers? How Georgia’s Defense of Habitation Statute Applies to No-Knock Raids by Police,’’ see 26 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 585 (2010).

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

Texto leído de t17-(v15)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volumen V15, edición 2020, páginas 221 a 222; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo 0b0d45f9c609.