TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 3. Community Supervision and Transition, 42-3-1 through 42-3-119.

ARTICLE 6 PROBATION MANAGEMENT

42-3-114. Preliminary hearing for alleged violation of probation.

1. Whenever an options system probationer is arrested on a warrant for an alleged violation of probation, an informal preliminary hearing shall be held within a reasonable time not to exceed 15 days.
2. A preliminary hearing shall not be required when:
   1. The probationer is not under arrest on a warrant;
   2. The probationer signed a waiver of a preliminary hearing; or
   3. The administrative hearing referred to in Code Section 42-3-115 will be held within 15 days of arrest.

(Code 1981, §42-3-114, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310.)