Georgia § 8-3-36 - Prohibition of nonresidents suspected of criminal acts.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 8-3-36 — Prohibition of nonresidents suspected of criminal acts., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-3-36. Prohibition of nonresidents suspected of criminal acts.
Any housing authority created pursuant to this article, acting through its director or his or her designee, is authorized to prohibit, without breaching the peace, any person who is reasonably suspected of committing a criminal act on the premises of a housing project and who is not a resident of said project from entering, loitering, or remaining upon the common areas of such project. (Code 1981, § 8-3-36 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 857, § 2.)
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Section 8-3-36 ("Prohibition of nonresidents suspected of criminal acts.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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