{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-22","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-7-22","heading":"Powers of presiding officer in court of a municipal corporation to bind over or commit criminal offenders to jail.","body":"Any mayor, recorder, or other proper officer presiding in any court of a municipal corporation shall have authority to bind over or commit to jail offenders against any criminal law whenever, in the course of an investigation before such officer, a proper case therefor is made out by the evidence.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 7 Pretrial Proceedings","Article 2 Commitment Hearings"],"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":"5e7fe1dd20a463970d8a54c24e0b32b291b16d345f73cd5637d3045052c6eab6","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-21","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}