O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-10-262 (2019)

Prosecutorial procedure

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(a) Prosecution for misdemeanor violations authorized in this article may proceed by citation, summons, arrest, citation and arrest, or by arrest warrant as provided in Chapter 4 of Title 17, or by an accusation as provided in Code Section 17-7-71.

(b) The solicitor-general of counties having solicitors-general, or the county attorney or another attorney designated by the county governing authority, may act as the prosecuting attorney of the magistrate court in proceedings under this article.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-262, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1155, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 15/HB 942.

Annotations

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).