Georgia Code
Article 3 - Warrants for Arrest
§ 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 Administrato...

In the event that the judge or officer finds such circumstances justifying dispensing with the requirement of a warrant application hearing, the judge or officer shall note such circumstances on the face of the warrant application.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 4595; Code 1868, § 4616; Code 1873, § 4713; Code 1882, § 4713; Penal Code 1895, § 882; Penal Code 1910, § 903; Code 1933, § 27-102; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1230, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 3-17; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1105, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 17; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1702, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 313, § 1/HB 199; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 28/HB 24; Ga. L. 2021, p. 132, § 1/HB 562.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 3, 2021, inserted “DFCS case manager,” near the beginning of subsection (c).
Cross references.
Compliance with this Code section in violations of public records inspection provisions, § 50-18-74 .
Dismissal and return of warrants in magistrate court, Uniform Rules for the Magistrate Courts, Rule 12.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.
Law reviews.
For article, “Should Georgia Change Its Misdemeanor Arrest Laws to Authorize Issuing More Field Citations? Can Alternative Arrest Process Help Alleviate Georgia’s Jail Overcrowding and Reduce the Time Arresting Officers Expend Processing Nontraffic Misdemeanor Offenses?,” see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 313 (2005).
For survey article on criminal law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (2007).
For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).

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