An agent or employee of a public library or of any department or office of the state or local government causing the arrest of any person pursuant to the provisions of this part shall not be held civilly liable for unlawful detention, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false arrest, or assault and battery of the person so arrested unless excessive or unreasonable force is used, whether such arrest takes place on the premises by such agent or employee; provided, however, that, in causing the arrest of such person, the public library or agent or employee of the public library had at the time of such arrest probable cause to believe that the person committed willful theft or concealment of books or other library property.
History. Code 1981, § 20-5-55 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 2 - Local and Regional Public Libraries
Part 2 - County and Regional Public Libraries
§ 20-5-40. Power of Local Governments to Establish Public Libraries; Procedures for Establishment
§ 20-5-41. Establishment of Boards of Trustees to Govern Libraries
§ 20-5-42. Membership of Boards of Trustees
§ 20-5-43. Duties and Responsibilities of Boards of Trustees
§ 20-5-44. Compensation of Trustees
§ 20-5-45. Directors of Library Systems; Duties and Responsibilities
§ 20-5-46. Reports of the Library System
§ 20-5-47. Written Constitution
§ 20-5-48. Ownership of Library Property
§ 20-5-49. Authorization of Library Systems to Enter Into Contracts
§ 20-5-50. Requirement of Finance Bond
§ 20-5-51. Dissolution of or Withdrawal From a Library System
§ 20-5-52. Prohibition of Theft or Damage of Library Property
§ 20-5-53. Procedures Following Failure of Library Patron to Return Borrowed Property
§ 20-5-54. Prohibition of Concealing or Removing Library Property
§ 20-5-55. Immunity of Library Agents and Employees From Civil Actions Arising From Part
§ 20-5-56. Requirement of Certification of Librarians
§ 20-5-58. Time Requirement for Existing Library Systems to Conform With Part
§ 20-5-59. Exemption of Municipal Public Libraries From Part