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:
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.
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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).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures
Article 2 - Searches With Warrants
§ 17-5-20. Requirements for Issuance of Search Warrant Generally
§ 17-5-21.1. Issuance of Search Warrants by Video Conference
§ 17-5-23. Command of Search Warrant
§ 17-5-24. Officers Authorized to Execute Search Warrants
§ 17-5-25. Execution of Search Warrant Generally
§ 17-5-26. When Search Warrant May Be Executed
§ 17-5-27. Use of Force in Execution of Search Warrant
§ 17-5-28. Detention and Search of Persons on Premises
§ 17-5-30. Motion to Suppress Evidence Illegally Seized Generally