{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-100","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-8-100","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, the term:\n(1) “Board” means the Board of Community Supervision.\n(2) “DCS” means the Department of Community Supervision.\n(3) “Private probation officer” means an individual employed by a private corporation, private enterprise, private agency, or other private entity to supervise defendants placed on probation by a court for committing an ordinance violation or misdemeanor.\n(4) “Probation officer” means an individual employed by a governing authority of a county, municipality, or consolidated government to supervise defendants placed on probation by a court for committing an ordinance violation or misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 42 Penal Institutions","CHAPTER 8 Probation","Article 6 County and Municipal Probation"],"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":"8b2644758d40ad6b25852aca2a8d1d946ea35645f43920659143a9140d249901","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-80-through-42-8-84","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}