O.C.G.A. § 15-11-501
Taking child into custody; notice to custodian; notification of prosecuting attorney
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Current — February 1, 2022
As of December 1, 2018
(1) An alleged delinquent child may be taken into custody: Pursuant to an order of the court under this article, including an order to a DJJ employee to apprehend: When he or she has escaped from an institution or facility operated by DJJ; or
(1) An alleged delinquent child may be taken into custody: Pursuant to an order of the court under this article, including an order to a DJJ employee to apprehend: When he or she has escaped from an institution or facility operated by DJJ; or
(2) When he or she has been placed under supervision and has violated its conditions;
(2) When he or she has been placed under supervision and has violated its conditions;
(3) Pursuant to the laws of arrest; or
(3) Pursuant to the laws of arrest; or
(4) By a law enforcement officer or duly authorized officer of the court if there are reasonable grounds to believe that a child has committed a delinquent act.
(4) By a law enforcement officer or duly authorized officer of the court if there are reasonable grounds to believe that a child has committed a delinquent act.
(5) A law enforcement officer taking a child into custody shall promptly give notice together with a statement of the reasons for taking such child into custody to his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian and to the court.
(5) A law enforcement officer taking a child into custody shall promptly give notice together with a statement of the reasons for taking such child into custody to his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian and to the court.
(6) When a child who is taken into custody has committed an act which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, the juvenile court, within 48 hours after it learns of such child having been taken into custody, shall notify the prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit in which the juvenile proceedings are to be instituted. (Code 1981, § 15-11-501, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.) Authority of peace officer to assume temporary custody of child absent from school without lawful authority or excuse, § 20-2-698 et seq.
(6) When a child who is taken into custody has committed an act which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, the juvenile court, within 48 hours after it learns of such child having been taken into custody, shall notify the prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit in which the juvenile proceedings are to be instituted.
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