Legal Question in Technology Law in Georgia

Hard Drive Searches

In order for an investigator to examine a computer hard drive,must he have a search warrant to examine it at the local library,in addittion to having to have a court order to open up the hard drive for examination? Thank you.Eric


Asked on 4/24/03, 4:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

Re: Hard Drive Searches

Is that a question. It sounds like misstatement of the law, although I am not a Georgia lawyer. I cannot imagine that Georgia law would require an investigator to take a hard drive to a local library to check it. Also, a search warrant is a court order, so I do not understand the distinction supposedly being made between the two.

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Answered on 4/24/03, 7:46 pm


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