Circumstances allowing custody pending hearing

Where a danger exists that the person named in the petition may abscond or conceal himself or herself or where the person is conducting himself or herself so as to present a substantial risk of exposing other persons to an imminent danger of infection, the court may, as a part of the order made pursuant to Code Section 31-14-3, direct the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputies to take such person into custody pending hearing and impose such confinement as will not endanger other persons. An 740 31-14-7 affidavit shall be attached to the petition containing the specific facts supporting the need for custody pending hearing. History. — Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 348, § 6; Code 1933, § 88-706, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1231, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1513, § 1/SB 56. 31-14-6. Report of persons making examination; service of copies.