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O.C.G.A. § 42-5-34 — Powers of arrest of wardens, superintendents, and deputies | Georgia Code

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TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 5. Correctional Institutions of State and Counties, 42-5-1 through 42-5-125.

ARTICLE 2 WARDENS, SUPERINTENDENTS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL

42-5-34. Powers of arrest of wardens, superintendents, and deputies.

Wardens and superintendents shall have authority to deputize any person in their employ. Wardens, superintendents, and their deputies are legally constituted arresting officers, with or without warrants, for the purpose of arresting persons violating Code Sections 42-5-14 through 42-5-18. Any person resisting arrest shall be dealt with as the law directs for resisting an officer.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1170, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in State v. Roulain, 159 Ga. App. 233, 283 S.E.2d 89 (1981).

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