O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-9-4 (2019)

Qualifications for appointment

✓ 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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No person shall be appointed a special policeman under Code Sections 35-9-2 and 35-9-3, this Code section, and Code Sections 35-9-5 through 35-9-12 unless he is a citizen of the United States, is a person of good moral character, and has not previously been convicted of a felony.

History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 595, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 35.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Penal Code 1910, § 337, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

De facto marshal has the same right to make an arrest as one regularly appointed. McDuffie v. State, 121 Ga. 580, 49 S.E. 708 (1905) (decided under former Penal Code 1910, § 337).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 48 et seq., 70. 70 Am. Jur. 2d, Sheriffs, Police, and Constables, § 7 et seq. C.J.S. - 63 C.J.S., Municipal Corpora-

tions, § 624 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 22, 70, 71, 72. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedures, § 108 et seq.