Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 5, Article 2 - Searches With Warrants

• § 17-5-20 - Requirements for Issuance of Search Warrant Generally
  (a) A search warrant may be issued only upon the application of an officer of this state or its political subdivisions charged with the...
• § 17-5-21 - Grounds for Issuance of Search Warrant; Scope of Search Pursuant to Search Warrant; Issuance by Retired Judge or Judge Emeritus
  (a) Upon the written complaint of any certified peace officer of this state or its political subdivisions charged with the duty of enforcing the...
• § 17-5-21.1 - Issuance of Search Warrants by Video Conference
  (a) A judge of any court in this state authorized to issue search warrants pursuant to Code Section 17-5-21 may, as an alternative to...
• § 17-5-22 - Issuance of Search Warrants by Judicial Officers Generally; Maintenance of Docket Record of Warrants Issued
  All warrants shall state the time and date of issuance and are the warrants of the judicial officer issuing the same and not the...
• § 17-5-23 - Command of Search Warrant
  The search warrant shall command the officer directed to execute the same to search the place or person particularly described in the warrant and...
• § 17-5-24 - Officers Authorized to Execute Search Warrants
  The search warrant shall be issued in duplicate and shall be directed for execution to all peace officers of this state. However, the judicial...
• § 17-5-25 - Execution of Search Warrant Generally
  The search warrant shall be executed within ten days from the time of issuance. If the warrant is executed, the duplicate copy shall be...
• § 17-5-26 - When Search Warrant May Be Executed
  The search warrant may be executed at any reasonable time.
• § 17-5-27 - Use of Force in Execution of Search Warrant
  All necessary and reasonable force may be used to effect an entry into any building or property or part thereof to execute a search...
• § 17-5-28 - Detention and Search of Persons on Premises
  In the execution of the search warrant the officer executing the same may reasonably detain or search any person in the place at the...
• § 17-5-29 - Written Return of Items Seized; Filing and Signing of Inventory; Delivery of Copies of Inventory
  A written return of all instruments, articles, or things seized shall be made without unnecessary delay before the judicial officer named in the warrant...
• § 17-5-30 - Motion to Suppress Evidence Illegally Seized Generally
  (a) A defendant aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure may move the court for the return of property, the possession of which is...
• § 17-5-31 - Quashing Warrant or Suppressing Evidence Because of Technical Irregularity Not Affecting Substantial Rights of Accused
  No search warrant shall be quashed or evidence suppressed because of a technical irregularity not affecting the substantial rights of the accused.
• § 17-5-32 - Search and Seizure of Documentary Evidence in Possession of Attorney; Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Evidence
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "documentary evidence" includes but is not limited to writings, documents, blueprints, drawings, photographs, computer printouts,...

Last modified: October 14, 2016