{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-1","heading":"Right of action for false arrest.","body":"An arrest under process of law, without probable cause, when made maliciously, shall give a right of action to the party arrested.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation","Article 1 False Arrest"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"904be61b15c16fc128f9548bedd7ffefdd4379e5fabae77921a06fe0c9554153","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-6-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}