{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-5-34","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-5-34","heading":"Powers of arrest of wardens, superintendents, and deputies.","body":"Wardens and superintendents shall have authority to deputize any person in their employ. Wardens, superintendents, and their deputies are legally constituted arresting officers, with or without warrants, for the purpose of arresting persons violating Code Sections 42-5-14 through 42-5-18. Any person resisting arrest shall be dealt with as the law directs for resisting an officer.","path":["TITLE 42 Penal Institutions","CHAPTER 5 Correctional Institutions of State and Counties","Article 2 Wardens, Superintendents, and Other Personnel"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.42.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":"200ed8b16eabc9dcfe0567016dd316aa9adbf861231b0b266221a7b62616dc51","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-5-33","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-5-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}