Georgia § 31-5-22 - Issuance; grounds.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-5-22 — Issuance; grounds., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-5-22. Issuance; grounds.
Inspection warrants shall be issued only by a judge of a court of record whose territorial jurisdiction encompasses the property to be inspected. The issuing judge shall issue the warrant when he is satisfied that the following conditions are met: The one seeking the warrant must establish under oath or affirmation that the property to be inspected is to be inspected as a part of a legally authorized program of inspection which includes that property or that there is probable cause for believing that there is a condition, object, activity, or circumstance which legally justifies such an inspection of that property; and The issuing judge determines that the issuance of the warrant is authorized by this chapter. (Code 1933, §§ 88-303A, 88-304A, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 693, § 1.)
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