GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 4. ARREST OF PERSONS |
Article 4. ARREST BY PRIVATE PERSONS |
Section 17-4-60. Grounds for arrest
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- A private person may arrest an offender if the offense is committed in his presence or within his immediate knowledge. If the offense is a felony and the offender is escaping or attempting to escape, a private person may arrest him upon reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion.
Orig. Code 1863, § 4604; Code 1868, § 4627; Code 1873, § 4724; Code 1882, § 4724; Penal Code 1895, § 900; Penal Code 1910, § 921; Code 1933, § 27-211.