O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-13-45 (2019)

Powers of enforcement personnel

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Any officer or employee of the State Board of Pharmacy designated by the director of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency may:

(1) Carry firearms in the performance of his official duties;

(2) Execute and serve search warrants, arrest warrants, administrative inspection warrants, subpoenas, and summonses issued under the authority of this state;

(3) Make arrests without warrant for any offense under this article committed in his presence or if he has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of this article which may constitute a felony;

(4) Make seizures of property pursuant to this article; or

(5) Perform other law enforcement duties as the State Board of Pharmacy or the director of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency designates.

History

Code 1933, § 79A-824, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 221, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 16.

Annotations

Cross references. Enforcement powers of Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency, § 26-4-29.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Control of dangerous drugs is vested with State Board of Pharmacy and chief inspector (now director of

Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency). 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 75-23.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, § 202.

C.J.S. 22 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 15. 94 C.J.S.,

Weapons, § 51 et seq. 28 C.J.S., Drugs and Narcotics, §§ 69, 70. 79 C.J.S., Searches and Seizures, § 134 et seq. 98 C.J.S., Witnesses, § 20 et seq.

U.L.A. Uniform Controlled Substances Act (U.L.A.) § 501.