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

O.C.G.A. § 3-2-31 (2019)

Assistance to other authorities by special agents and enforcement officers of department

✓ 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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(a) Upon a request by the governing authority of any municipality or county, the sheriff or chief of a county police force, the judge of the superior court of any county, or the Governor, the commissioner, in unusual circumstances, may and, in the case of an order from the Governor, shall direct special agents and enforcement officers of the department to render assistance in:

(1) Any criminal case;

(2) The prevention of violations of law; or

(3) Detecting and apprehending those violating any criminal laws of this state, any other state, or the United States.

(b) This Code section shall not apply solely to agents who enforce this title but shall apply to all agents of the department with law enforcement powers.

History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 1490, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-351, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality of searches. - There was no constitutional offense in a state revenue agent and local law enforcement officers coordinating and consolidating their efforts to enforce O.C.G.A. § 3-2-31 which authorizes such coopera-

tion to conduct an administrative search for violations of the Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code in conjunction with executing arrest warrants for previously observed violations of these laws. Crosby v. Paulk, 187 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 1999).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1999–1999 · leading case: Crosby v. Paulk, 187 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 1999).
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Crosby v. Paulk, 187 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 1999). “O.C.G.A. § 3-2-31 (emphasis added). Thus, agents of the Georgia Department of Revenue also are statutorily authorized to assist other law enforcement authorities in enforcing Georgia laws, including the Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code, which the Georgia Department of Revenue…”
Crosby v. Paulk, 187 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 1999). “O.C.G.A. § 3-2-31 (emphasis added). Thus, agents of the Georgia Department of Revenue also are statutorily authorized to assist other law enforcement authorities in enforcing Georgia laws, including the Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code, which the Georgia Department of Revenue…”
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