Georgia Statutes

§ 17-5-21 — Grounds for issuance of search warrant; scope of search pursuant to search warrant; issuance by retired judge or judge emeritus

Georgia § 17-5-21

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O.C.G.A. § 17-5-21 (2026).

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(a)Upon the written complaint of any certified peace officer of this state or its political subdivisions charged with the duty of enforcing the criminal laws and otherwise as authorized in Code Section 17-5-20 under oath or affirmation, which states facts sufficient to show probable cause that a crime is being committed or has been committed and which particularly describes the place or person, or both, to be searched and things to be seized, any judicial officer authorized to hold a court of inquiry to examine into an arrest of an offender against the penal laws, referred to in this Code section as "judicial officer," may issue a search warrant for the seizure of the following:
(1)Any instruments, articles, or things, including the private papers of any person, which are designed, inten

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Legislative History

Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 173,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2015.

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