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Section 22-5-10. Warrant to break open doors of gambling rooms. - Any magistrate residing in any incorporated city or town of...
Section 22-5-110. Arrest, examination and commitment or punishment; warrant; courtesy summons. - (A) Magistrates shall: (1) cause to be arrested all persons...
Section 22-5-115. Summons to appear; issuance; design and contents of form; tracking. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a summary court...
Section 22-5-130. Magistrate as prosecutor when offense committed in his view. - Whenever there shall be an indictment for any offense committed...
Section 22-5-140. Arrests by magistrates to preserve the peace. - Any magistrate shall command all persons who, in his view,...
Section 22-5-150. Arrest of persons threatening breach of peace; trial or binding over. - Magistrates may cause to be arrested (a) all affrayers, rioters,...
Section 22-5-160. Appointment of special officer to arrest persons charged with offense above grade of misdemeanor. - Whenever a magistrate shall have issued a warrant for the...
Section 22-5-170. Duty of special officer appointed by magistrate. - Any person so selected shall forthwith proceed to execute the...
Section 22-5-180. Swearer of warrant precluded from serving it. - No magistrate shall deputize the person swearing out a warrant...
Section 22-5-190. Endorsement and execution of warrants issued in other counties or by municipal authorities. - (A) A magistrate may endorse a warrant issued by a...
Section 22-5-200. Disposition of persons arrested by deputy sheriffs without warrants. - When an arrest is made by a deputy sheriff without...
Section 22-5-210. Copy of arrest warrant to arrested person. - When any person is arrested in a criminal matter pursuant...
Section 22-5-310. Sitting as examining court in matters beyond magistrates' jurisdiction. - In criminal matters beyond their jurisdiction to try, magistrates shall...
Section 22-5-320. Defendant's demand for preliminary investigation; appearance by attorney. - Any magistrate who issues a warrant charging a crime beyond...
Section 22-5-330. Request for preliminary investigation when warrant for crime beyond jurisdiction issued by coroner. - In instances in which a warrant charging a crime beyond...
Section 22-5-340. Removal of hearing. - A defendant when first brought before a magistrate may demand...
Section 22-5-350. Return of papers pertaining to general sessions court; character of the papers. - All papers pertaining to the court of general sessions shall...
Section 22-5-360. Penalty for failing to hold preliminary examination. - If any magistrate fails to hold a preliminary examination or...
Section 22-5-510. Bail; bond hearing; conditions of release; information to be provided to court; contempt. - (A) Magistrates may admit to bail a person charged with...
Section 22-5-520. Amount of recognizance of accused. - If the offense charged be punishable with fine and imprisonment,...
Section 22-5-530. Deposits in lieu of recognizance; payment to jail or detention facility to secure immediate release. - (A) A person charged and to be tried before a...
Section 22-5-540. Return of papers to clerk of general sessions. - All magistrates before whom recognizances of witnesses, defendants or prosecutors...
Section 22-5-550. Arrest and committal of witness on refusal to enter into recognizance. - Upon information made of the materiality of any witness within...
Section 22-5-560. Arrest of witness on behalf of accused. - The accused shall, in felonies and in no other case,...
Section 22-5-570. Amount of recognizance of witness. - The recognizance of any prosecutor or witness, in a case...
Section 22-5-580. Statewide pretrial classification program; bail-setting; Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to promulgate regulations; "point-total" system. - (A) A statewide pretrial classification program is established to bring...
Section 22-5-710. Warrants, preliminary examinations and commitment in counties where county courts exist. - Magistrates in counties in which a county court has been...
Section 22-5-720. Recognizances of witnesses. - Magistrates in counties in which a county court has been...
Section 22-5-910. Expungement of criminal records. - (A) Following a conviction for a crime carrying a penalty...
Section 22-5-920. Conviction as a youthful offender. - (A) As used in this section, "conviction" includes a guilty...
Section 22-5-930. Expungement; first offense drug convictions. - (A) Following a first offense conviction for either simple possession...