Georgia Code, Title 42, Chapter 4, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 42-4-1 - Appointment of County and Municipal Jailers
  (a) By virtue of their offices, sheriffs are jailers of the counties and have the authority to appoint other jailers, subject to the supervision...
• § 42-4-2 - Oath and Bond of Jailers
  Before commencing to carry out the duties of their office, jailers must give to the sheriff a bond and surety for the sum of...
• § 42-4-3 - When Coroner to Act As Keeper of Jail
  The county coroner shall be keeper of the jail when the sheriff is imprisoned or absent from the county leaving no deputy.
• § 42-4-4 - Duties of Sheriff As to Jail Inmates; Designation of Inmate As Trusty; Failure to Comply With Code Section
  (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To take from the outgoing sheriff custody of the jail and the bodies of...
• § 42-4-5 - Cruelty to Inmates
  (a) No jailer, by duress or other cruel treatment, shall make or induce an inmate to accuse or give evidence against another; nor shall...
• § 42-4-6 - Confinement and Care of Tubercular Inmates; Crediting of Time Spent in Hospital or Institution Against Sentence
  (a) When any person confined in the common jail who is awaiting trial for any offense against the penal laws of this state or...
• § 42-4-7 - Maintenance of Inmate Record by Sheriff; Earned Time Allowances
  (a) The sheriff shall keep a record of all persons committed to the jail of the county of which he or she is sheriff....
• § 42-4-8 - Inquiry Into Contents of Inmate Record by Grand Jury; Failure to Comply With Code Section 42-4-7
  It shall be the duty of the grand jury, at each term of the superior court held in the county, to inquire into the...
• § 42-4-9 - Conditions for Receipt of Federal Prisoners
  The keeper of a county jail may decline to receive a person from the custody of anyone acting under the authority of the United...
• § 42-4-10 - Receipt of Additional Federal Prisoners After Initial Acceptance
  If the keeper of the jail consents to receive a person from the custody of federal authorities, as provided in Code Section 42-4-9, neither...
• § 42-4-11 - Procedure for Transfer of Person in Custody Upon Change of Venue
  In all cases in which a change of venue is made, the sheriff of the county from which a person in custody is to...
• § 42-4-12 - Penalty for Refusal by Officer to Receive Persons Charged With or Guilty of Offense
  Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, any sheriff, constable, keeper of a jail, or other officer whose duty it is to receive...
• § 42-4-13 - Possession of Drugs, Weapons, or Alcohol by Inmates
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Alcoholic beverage" means and includes all alcohol, distilled spirits, beer, malt beverage, wine, or...
• § 42-4-14 - "Illegal Alien" Defined; Determination of Nationality of Person Charged With Felony and Confined in a Jail Facility
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "illegal alien" means a person who is verified by the federal government to be present...
• § 42-4-15 - Limitations on Medical Charges for Providing Emergency Medical Care Services to Individuals in Custody
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Detainee" means a person held in a detention facility who is charged with or...

Last modified: October 14, 2016