Georgia Code
Article 6 - County and Municipal Probation
§ 42-8-105. Probationer Obligation to Keep Officer Informed of Certain Information; Tolling for Failure to Meet Certain Obligations; Procedure

History. Code 1981, § 42-8-105 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, §§ 6B-9, 7-6/SB 367; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 2-18/SB 407; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 42/HB 497.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2015.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted “officer in person” for “officer, either by telephone or in person,” in subparagraph (b)(1)(D) and added the last sentence to subsection (d).
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted the present provision of paragraph (b)(2) for the former provisions, which read: “In the event the probationer reports to his or her probation officer or private probation officer, as the case may be, within the period prescribed in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the probationer shall be scheduled to appear on the next available court calendar for a hearing to consider whether the probation sentence should be tolled.”
The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “email” for “e-mail” near the end of the first sentence of subsection (a) and twice in subparagraph (b)(1)(B).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 3-2/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 42-8-105 as present Code Section 42-8-109.1.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).
For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 45 (2018).
For annual survey on criminal law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 63 (2018).

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