{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-5-39","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-5-39","heading":"Refusal by officer to receive inmates in correctional institution.","body":"If the superintendent or warden of a state or county correctional institution or other officer or person employed therein whose duty it is to receive inmates fails or refuses to do so, he shall be punished by confinement not exceeding ten years and shall be dismissed from office.","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":"02d717215993e5fba57aeb1884a4ad3eba2cd04a60cc917985c9b723dcc7de59","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-5-38","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-5-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}