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O.C.G.A. § 17-3-2

Periods excluded

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Pickens v. Hollowell (1995)

Most recently applied in Simpson v. Town of Warwick Police Department (February 2016)

— Code 1933, § 26-503, enacted by Ga

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The period within which a prosecution must be commenced under Code Section 17-3-1 or other applicable statute does not include any

period in which:

(1) The accused is not usually and publicly a resident within this

state;

(2) The person committing the crime is unknown or the crime is

unknown;

(3) The accused is a government officer or employee and the crime charged is theft by conversion of public property while such an officer

or employee; or

(4) The accused is a guardian or trustee and the crime charged is theft by conversion of property of the ward or beneficiary.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.