O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-8-113 (2019)

Right to retain and use personal property at facility; provision of secure storage space for such property; records of stored property; investigation of complaints of theft

✓ 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) Each resident shall be permitted to retain and use his personal property, including funds and clothing, in his immediate living quarters as space permits.

(b) Upon request, the facility shall provide a means of securing the resident’s property in his room or in any other secured part of the facility so long as the resident has access to such property on weekdays and, where facility policy allows, on weekends and holidays. Each facility shall keep a record of all personal property deposited within a secured part of the facility.

(c) The facility shall develop procedures for investigating complaints concerning thefts of residents’ property and shall promptly investigate all such complaints and report the results of its investigation to the complainant.

History

Code 1933, § 88-1909B, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 149, § 1.