What if I do not know the correct address for the accused in a warrant application hearing?

You should use your best reasonable efforts to find the correct address. The court is required to give notice to the accused under the provisions of O.C.G.A. 17-4-40(B). The longer it takes to provide the court will a proper address for the accused, the longer the case will take to be heard.

The court, may, in appropriate circumstances refer you to file your criminal case with a local police agency rather than trying to handle it yourself. Law enforcement officers are exempted by state law from the warrant application hearing statute.

However, if no one can find the proper address for the accused, it becomes very difficult for the criminal case to proceed and difficult to find and arrest the accused. Getting a correct and current address for the accused is in your best interests.

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1. What is a warrant application hearing?
2. How can I apply for a criminal arrest warrant for an individual's arrest?
3. Can I just bring the police report to show what happened?
4. Can I just get the witness to sign an affidavit instead of coming to court?
5. Which witnesses should I bring to the warrant application hearing?
6. I am the victim. Can I call the accused to the witness stand to testify in the warrant application hearing?
7. What rules and rights apply to the warrant applicant and the accused at a warrant application hearing?
8. I am the accused. Can I apply for appointed counsel at this hearing?
9. What if I do not know the correct address for the accused in a warrant application hearing?
10. How can I find the correct address for the accused?
11. I am the victim. Can I bring my own attorney to the warrant application hearing?
12. What rules and rights apply to the warrant applicant and the accused at a warrant application hearing?
13. Do Affidavits of Indigency apply to criminal cases?