Georgia Code, Title 35, Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 35-1-1 - Definitions
  As used in this title, the term: (1) "Board" means the Board of Public Safety. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety. (3)...
• § 35-1-2 - Passenger Motor Vehicle for Warden of Georgia State Prison
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2007, p. 114, § 1, effective July 1, 2007.
• § 35-1-3 - Subsistence Allowance for Law Enforcement Officers
  (a) The governing authorities of the several counties, municipal corporations, and other political subdivisions of this state are authorized to designate and set apart...
• § 35-1-4 - Requirements for Reporting Stolen Motor Vehicles and License Plates; Notice to Owner Upon Recovery; Rules and Regulations; Failure of Law Enforcement Officer to Report; Effect on Georgia Crime Information Center
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Recovering agency" means the law enforcement agency which recovers a motor vehicle which has...
• § 35-1-5 - Unauthorized Use of Wavelength of Radio System Adopted by Department or Georgia Bureau of Investigation
  (a) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm, or corporation to use the same wavelength of the radio system adopted by the...
• § 35-1-6 - Appointment of Nonuniformed Investigators; Salaries; Status; Assignment; Powers
  (a) The commissioner is authorized to appoint five nonuniformed investigators who shall be certified peace officers pursuant to Chapter 8 of this title, the...
• § 35-1-7 - Liability of Law Enforcement Officers Performing Duties At the Scene of an Emergency
  A law enforcement officer shall not be liable at law for any action or actions done while performing any duty at the scene of...
• § 35-1-8 - Acquisition, Collection, Classification, and Preservation of Information Assisting in Identifying Deceased Persons and Locating Missing Persons
  (a) It shall be the duty of every law enforcement agency to: (1) Acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in...
• § 35-1-9 - Utilization of Alarm Verification Required
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Alarm monitoring company" means any person, company, corporation, partnership, business, or a representative or...
• § 35-1-10 - Training in Investigation of Family Violence Incidents
  (a) The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center shall establish guidelines and procedures for the incorporation...
• § 35-1-11 - Police Volunteers for Traffic Control
  A police chief of a local law enforcement agency with the approval of the local governing authority shall be authorized to designate and equip...
• § 35-1-12 - Chief of Police or Law Enforcement Head; Exception.
  Any county, municipality, or other public subdivision of this state which has a law enforcement agency shall declare a chief of police or a...
• § 35-1-13 - Completion and Transmission of Reports From Victims of Identity Fraud
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any law enforcement agency that receives a report from a resident of this state that such person has...
• § 35-1-14 - Written Policies for Emergency Pursuits
  On and after January 1, 2004, each state, county, and local law enforcement agency that conducts emergency response and vehicular pursuits shall adopt written...
• § 35-1-15 - Fresh Pursuit by Law Enforcement Officers; Authority and Responsibilities of Officers; Applicability
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Fresh pursuit" means pursuit by a law enforcement officer of a person who is...
• § 35-1-16 - Training Law Enforcement Officers Investigating Crimes Involving Trafficking Persons for Labor or Sexual Servitude
  (a) The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center shall establish guidelines and procedures for the incorporation...
• § 35-1-17 - Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Enter Into Agreements With Federal Agencies for the Enforcement of Immigration Laws
  (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage Georgia law enforcement officials to work in conjunction with federal immigration authorities and...
• § 35-1-18 - Prohibition on Minimum Waiting Periods for Initiating Missing Person Report
  No law enforcement agency shall implement a policy or practice which mandates a minimum waiting period before initiating a missing person report with such...
• § 35-1-19 - Disclosure of Arrest Booking Photographs Prohibited
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "booking photograph" means a photograph or image of an individual taken by an arresting law...

Last modified: October 14, 2016