{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-4-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-4-1","heading":"Actions constituting an arrest.","body":"An actual touching of a person with a hand is not essential to constitute a valid arrest. If the person voluntarily submits to being considered under arrest or yields on condition of being allowed his freedom of locomotion, under the discretion of the officer, the arrest is complete.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 4 Arrest of Persons","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"f6043f826db0bf4d3bae171f39df5621fa3aaf7d5b0f26b53b6669709b3a7363","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-3-3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-4-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}