16-9-33 Financial transaction card fraud
(a) A person commits the offense of financial transaction card fraud when, with intent to defraud the issuer; a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of…
16-9-32 Financial transaction card forgery
(a) A person commits the offense of financial transaction card forgery when: (1) With intent to defraud a purported issuer; a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything…
16-9-31 Financial transaction card theft
(a) A person commits the offense of financial transaction card theft when: (1) He takes, obtains, or withholds a financial transaction card from the person, possession, custody, or control of…
16-9-30 Financial transaction card-Definitions
As used in this article, the term: (1) Acquirer means a business organization, government, financial institution, or an agent of a business organization, government, or financial institution that authorizes a…
16-9-21 Negotiating fraudulent check
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to print or cause to be printed checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts, drawn upon any financial institution or to…
16-9-20 Deposit account fraud
(a) A person commits the offense of deposit account fraud when such person makes, draws, utters, executes, or delivers an instrument for the payment of money on any bank or…
16-9-5 Counterfeit proof of insurance
(a) As used in this Code section, the term proof of insurance document means any document issued by, on behalf of, or purportedly on behalf of an insurer to a…
16-9-4 False identification
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Access device means a unique electronic identification number, address, description, or routing code or a device containing a unique electronic…
16-9-2 Forgery-Penalties
(a) A person who commits the offense of forgery in the first degree shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not…
16-9-1 Forgery in the first degree
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Bank means incorporated banks, savings banks, banking companies, trust companies, credit unions, and other corporations doing a banking business. (2)…
3-3-34 Powdered alcohol
(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term powdered alcohol means a powdered or crystalline substance that contains any amount of alcohol for direct use or reconstitution. (b)(1) No…
3-3-33 Vaporized forms of alcohol
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Alcohol vaporizing device means any device, machine, or process that mixes any alcoholic beverages with pure oxygen or other gas…
3-3-27 Distilling, manufacturing, or making alcohol
(a) No person knowingly and intentionally shall: (1) Distill, manufacture, or make any distilled spirits, except as permitted by this title; (2) Manufacture, make, brew, or ferment any malt beverages…
3-3-25 Furnishing alcohol to prisoners
(a) No person knowingly and intentionally shall: (1) Offer for sale, sell, barter, exchange, give, provide, or furnish alcoholic beverages to any person confined in any jail, penal institution, correctional…
3-3-24.1 Persons under 21 prohibited from bouncing at or entering drinking establishments
(a) As used in this Code section, the term bouncer means an individual primarily performing duties related to verifying age for admittance, security, maintaining order, or safety, or a combination…
3-3-24 Minors not to dispense, serve, sell, or take orders for alcoholic beverages
(a) No person shall allow or require a person in his employment under 18 years of age to dispense, serve, sell, or take orders for any alcoholic beverages. (b) This…
3-3-23.1 Alcohol offenses involving a minor-Penalties
(a) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to violate any prohibition contained in Code Section 3-3-23, relating to furnishing alcoholic beverages to, and purchasing, attempting to purchase, and possession…
3-3-23 Alcohol-Furnishing to, purchase of, or possession of by minor
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by law: (1) No person knowingly, directly or through another person, shall furnish, cause to be furnished, or permit any person in such person's employ…
3-3-22 Furnishing alcohol to intoxicated persons
No alcoholic beverage shall be sold, bartered, exchanged, given, provided, or furnished to any person who is in a state of noticeable intoxication.
3-3-21.1 Possession of alcohol on school grounds
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, no person shall possess any alcoholic beverages upon the grounds or within any structure of a public elementary school;…
3-3-11 Off-premises sale of mixed drinks
(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term: (1) Approved container means a tamper evident container that: (A) Does not contain openings or straw holes; (B) Is sealed in…
16-5-103 Liability for acts of another person
(a) An owner, officer, administrator, board member, employee, or agent of a long-term care facility shall not be held criminally liable for the actions of another person who is convicted…
16-5-102.1 Trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Coercion means: (A) Causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to any disabled adult, elder person, or resident; physically restraining…
16-5-102 Cruelty to person who is 65 years of age or older-Penalties
(a) Any person who knowingly and willfully exploits a disabled adult, elder person, or resident, willfully inflicts physical pain, physical injury, sexual abuse, mental anguish, or unreasonable confinement upon a…
16-5-101 Cruelty to a person who is 65 years of age or older
(a) A guardian or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge, control, or custody of a disabled adult, elder person, or resident commits the offense of neglect…
16-5-100 Elder abuse Definitions
Amended 2021 As used in this article, the term: (0.1) Abuse of access means the illegal taking of resources belonging to a disabled adult or elder person when access to…
16-5-95 Violating a family violence order
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Civil family violence order means any temporary protective order or permanent protective order issued pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter…
16-5-92 Stalking Exceptions
The provisions of Code Sections 16-5-90 and 16-5-91 shall not apply to persons engaged in activities protected by the Constitution of the United States or of this state or to…
16-5-91. Aggravated stalking
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-91. Aggravated stalking.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses. O.C.G.A.…
16-5-90. Stalking; psychological evaluation
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-90. Stalking; psychological evaluation.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses.…
16-5-80 Feticide
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term unborn child means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the…
16-5-73 Permitting a child’s presence during methamphetamine manufacture
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Chemical substance means anhydrous ammonia, as defined in Code Section 16-11-111; ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, as those terms are defined…
16-5-72 Reckless abandonment of a child
(a) A parent, guardian, or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a child under the age of one year commits the offense of…
16-5-71.1 Body piercing of minor
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to pierce the body, with the exception of the ear lobes, of any person under the age of 18 for the purpose…
16-5-71 Tattooing of minor
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo the body of any person under the age of 18, except that a phy- sician or osteopath licensed under Chapter…
16-5-70. Cruelty to children
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-70. Cruelty to children.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses.…
16-5-61 Hazing
Amended 2021 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Haze or hazing means to subject a student to an activity which endangers or is likely to endanger…
16-5-60. Reckless conduct causing harm to or endangering the bodily safety of another; conduct by HIV infected persons; assault by HIV infected persons or hepatitis infected persons
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-60. Reckless conduct causing harm to or endangering the bodily safety of another; conduct by HIV infected persons; assault by HIV…
16-5-46 Trafficking a person for labor or sexual servitude
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Coercion means: (A) Causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to any individual, physically restraining or confining any individual, or…
16-5-45 Interference with custody
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Child means any individual who is under the age of 17 years or any individual who is under the age…
16-5-44.1 Hijacking a motor vehicle (Carjacking)
(a) As used in this Code section: (1) Firearm means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, or similar device or weapon which will or can be converted to expel a projectile by…
16-5-44 Hijacking an aircraft
(a) A person commits the offense of hijacking an aircraft when he (1) by use of force or (2) by intimidation by the use of threats or coercion places the…
16-5-43 Malicious confinement of sane person
A person who maliciously causes the confinement of a sane person, knowing such person to be sane, in any asylum, public or private, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by…
16-5-42 False imprisonment under color of legal process
When the arrest, confinement, or detention of a person by warrant, mandate, or process is manifestly illegal and shows malice and oppression, an officer issuing or knowingly and maliciously executing…
16-5-41. False imprisonment
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-41. False imprisonment.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses. O.C.G.A.…
16-5-40. Kidnapping
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-40. Kidnapping.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses. O.C.G.A. section…
16-5-29 Battery of unborn child
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term unborn child means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the…
16-5-28 Assault of unborn child
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term unborn child means a member of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the…
16-5-25 Simple assault/battery-Defenses
A person charged with the offense of simple assault or simple battery may introduce in evidence any opprobrious or abusive language used by the person against whom force was threatened…
16-5-24. Aggravated battery
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-24. Aggravated battery.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses. O.C.G.A.…
16-5-23.1. Battery
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-23.1. Battery.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses. O.C.G.A. section…
16-5-23. Simple battery
Bottom line Simple battery covers intentional insulting/provoking physical contact or intentionally causing physical harm to another. O.C.G.A. section 16-5-23. Simple battery. Current statutory elements Intentional physical contact of an insulting…
16-5-22 Conviction of assault with intent to commit crime
A person may be convicted of the offense of assault with intent to commit a crime if the crime intended was actually committed as a result of the assault but…
16-5-21. Aggravated assault
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 16-5-21. Aggravated assault.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify local charging practice for enhancements or related offenses. O.C.G.A.…
16-5-20. Simple assault
Bottom line Simple assault is either an attempt to commit a violent injury or an act placing another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury. O.C.G.A. section 16-5-20.…