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Georgia law, in your pocket.
Georgia criminal and traffic statutes, the Georgia decisions that interpret them, and field guides that walk the call — built from published state sources, on your phone with no signal needed. Covers OCGA Title 16 and OCGA Title 40.
STATUTE DETAIL IN THE APP
(NEW JERSEY SHOWN — STATE PACKS RENDER THE SAME)
The rules that are Georgia’s own.
Federal cases set the minimum. Georgia’s courts have their own answers — and those are the ones that control your stop, your search, your report.
State v. Hargis
A container the arrestee had on his person moments before arrest — a wallet he set on the car seat as you pulled him out — stays searchable as an effect on his person even after he’s cuffed; Gant’s vehicle limits don’t bar it. And Gant separately lets you search the passenger compartment when it’s reasonable to believe evidence of the crime of arrest is inside.
294 Ga. 818, 756 S.E.2d 529 (2014)READ THE OPINION →
State v. Perry
A detailed drunk-driver BOLO — vehicle, plate, occupants, behavior, location — gives the responding officer reasonable suspicion to stop, even from a citizen tip and even if the officer personally thinks he needs to witness a violation first. The test is objective.
349 Ga. App. 475, 825 S.E.2d 902 (2019)FULL BRIEF IN THE GA PACK →
State v. Mallard
You can’t stop a car just to see who’s inside — even a car that just left a house you’re about to search under warrant. You need individualized reasonable suspicion about the occupants, or independent probable cause / an observed traffic violation.
246 Ga. App. 357 (2000)READ THE OPINION →
FIELD GUIDES — STEP-BY-STEP FLOWCHARTS
The call, one decision at a time.
DV, juveniles, hospital holds, use of force, traffic — each guide walks the fork in the road with the Georgia law and procedure built in, the way an FTO would talk you through it.
Georgia paper plates, decoded.
Run it — but read this first
GA TOPs CAN be run and will return vehicle/owner/expiration. BUT a valid return does NOT guarantee legitimacy. Fraudulently issued tags (entered by corrupt dealers) WILL return valid. Always run the VIN separately.
Gold foil seal?
MUST have a small gold foil seal pre-applied ABOVE the control number. No foil = COUNTERFEIT. This is the #1 physical indicator.
S-prefix = highest risk
S = out-of-state dealer sale. Most commonly fraudulently issued. Ask: Is this vehicle actually being registered out of state? Does the selling dealer check out?
The temp-tag scanner is free for verified law enforcement — with or without a subscription. SEE HOW THE SCANNER WORKS →
Federal cases that reach every Georgia stop.
Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977)
Ordering the driver out on a lawful stop — what it covers, and what it doesn’t.
Arizona v. Gant (2009)
Once the arrestee is secured, the automatic car search is gone. The two narrow windows that remain.
Riley v. California (2014)
Seizing the phone is one question. Searching its data is another.
Cross the line, keep the reference.
Task force, bi-state agency, or a beat near the border — every state gets the same breakdown, and the FEDERAL KIT travels with you.
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