16-11-103 Discharging a firearm on or near public highway
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Firearm means any handgun, rifle, or shotgun. (2) Public highway means every public street, road, and highway in this state.…
16-11-102 Pointing a firearm at another
A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he intentionally and without legal justification points or aims a gun or pistol at another, whether the gun or pistol is loaded…
16-11-101.1 Providing handgun to minor
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term: (1) Minor means any person under the age of 18 years. (2) Pistol or revolver means a handgun as defined…
16-11-101 Providing metal or similar knuckles or knife to minor
A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature when he or she knowingly sells to or furnishes to a person under the age of 18…
16-11-92 Sexual extortion
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Coerce means: (A) Exposing or threatening to expose any fact or information that if revealed would tend to subject an…
16-11-91 Invasion of privacy by surreptitious filming or photographing
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Device means an instrument or apparatus used for observing, photographing, videotaping, recording, or transmitting visual images, including but not limited…
16-11-90 Transmission of sexually explicit content without consent of person depicted
Amended 2021 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Harassment means engaging in conduct directed at a depicted person that is intended to cause substantial emotional harm…
16-11-69 Invasion of privacy-Penalties
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 16-11-66.1, any person violating any of the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction…
16-11-63 Eavesdropping device Possession, sale, distribution
(a) Other than law enforcement officers permitted by this part to employ such devices, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, or distribute any…
16-11-62 Unlawful eavesdropping or surveillance
It shall be unlawful for: (1) Any person in a clandestine manner intentionally to overhear, transmit, or record or attempt to overhear, transmit, or record the private conversation of another…
16-11-61 Invasion of privacy
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to be a peeping Tom on or about the premises of another or to go about or upon the premises of another…
16-11-60 Invasion of privacy-Definitions
As used within this part, the term: (1) Device means an instrument or apparatus used for overhearing, recording, intercepting, or transmitting sounds or for observing, photographing, videotaping, recording, or transmitting…
16-11-45 Laser pointer aimed at aircraft
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1)Laser means any device that projects a beam or point of light by means of light amplification by stimulated emission of…
16-11-44 Maintaining disorderly house
A person who keeps and maintains, either by himself or others, a common, ill-governed, and disorderly house, to the encouragement of gaming, drinking, or other misbehavior, or to the common…
16-11-43.1 Promote or organize illegal drag racing
Added 2021 Any person who knowingly promotes or organizes an exhibition of illegal drag racing, in violation of Code Section 40-6-186, or of laying drags, in violation of Code Section…
16-11-43 Obstructing highways or other public passage
A person who, without authority of law, purposely or recklessly obstructs any highway, street, sidewalk, or other public passage in such a way as to render it impassable without unreasonable…
16-11-41. Public drunkenness
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16-11-40.1 Intentionally cause minor to be identified as person in obscene depiction
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Minor means an individual who is under the age of 18 years. (2) Nudity shall have the same meaning as…
16-11-40 Shoplifters using emergency exits
It shall be unlawful to use an emergency exit door after having violated Code Section 16-8-14. Any person convicted of violating this Code section shall be guilty of and punished…
16-11-39.2 Unlawful conduct during a 9-1-1 telephone call
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Call shall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (2.1) of Code Section 46-5-122. (2) False report means…
16-11-39.1 Harassing phone calls
(a) A person commits the offense of harassing communications if such person: (1) Contacts another person repeatedly via telecommunication, e-mail, text messaging, or any other form of electronic communication for…
16-11-39. Disorderly conduct
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16-11-38 Wearing mask or hood to conceal identity
Amended 2021 (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he or she: (1) Wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of his or her face…
16-11-37.1 Knowingly furnish or disseminate terroristic encouragement through computer
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to furnish or disseminate through a computer or computer network any picture, photograph, drawing, or similar visual representation or verbal description of…
16-11-37. Terroristic threats and acts; penalties
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16-11-36 Loitering or prowling
(a) A person commits the offense of loitering or prowling when he is in a place at a time or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances…
16-11-35 Fail to leave campus or school
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Chief administrative officer, in the case of a public school, means the principal of the school or an officer designated…
16-11-34.2 Disruptive conduct at funerals
(a) The General Assembly declares that the interest of persons in planning, participating in, and attending a funeral or memorial service for a deceased relative or loved one without unwanted…
16-11-34.1 Disruption of Senate or House of Representatives
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person recklessly or knowingly to commit any act which may reasonably be expected to prevent or disrupt a session or meeting of the…
16-11-34 Disrupt meetings
(a) A person who recklessly or knowingly commits any act which may reasonably be expected to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, gathering, or procession is guilty of a misdemeanor.…
16-11-33 Unlawful assembly
A person who knowingly participates in either of the following acts or occurrences is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) The assembly of two or more persons for the purpose of…
16-11-32 Affray
(a) An affray is the fighting by two or more persons in some public place to the disturbance of the public tranquility. (b) A person who commits the offense of…
16-11-31 Inciting to riot
(a) A person who with intent to riot does an act or engages in conduct which urges, counsels, or advises others to riot, at a time and place and under…
16-11-30 Riot
(a) Any two or more persons who shall do an unlawful act of violence or any other act in a violent and tumultuous manner commit the offense of riot. (b)…
16-10-97 Juror or court officer intimidation
(a) A person who by threat or force or by any threatening action, letter, or communication: (1) Endeavors to intimidate or impede any grand juror or trial juror or any…
16-10-94 Tampering with evidence
(a) A person commits the offense of tampering with evidence when, with the intent to prevent the apprehension or cause the wrongful apprehension of any person or to obstruct the…
16-10-93 Influencing witness
(a) A person who, with intent to deter a witness from testifying freely, fully, and truthfully to any matter pending in any court, in any administrative proceeding, or before a…
16-10-92 Acceptance of benefit by witness
A person who is or may be a witness at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding before any court or any officer authorized by the law to hear evidence or…
16-10-91 Embracery
(a) A person commits the offense of embracery when he: (1) With intent to influence a person summoned or serving as a juror, communicates with him otherwise than is authorized…
16-10-90 Compounding
(a) A person commits the offense of compounding a crime when, after institution of criminal proceedings and without leave of the court or of the prosecuting attorney of the court…
16-10-73 Impersonating in a legal proceeding
Any person except an attorney of record who shall acknowledge or cause to be acknowledged, in any of the courts of the state or before any authorized officer, any recognizance,…
16-10-72 Subornation of perjury or false swearing
A person commits the offense of subornation of perjury or false swearing when he procures or induces another to commit the offense of perjury or the offense of false swearing…
16-10-71 False swearing
(a) A person to whom a lawful oath or affirmation has been administered or who executes a document knowing that it purports to be an acknowledgment of a lawful oath…
16-10-70 Perjury
(a) A person to whom a lawful oath or affirmation has been administered commits the offense of perjury when, in a judicial proceeding, he knowingly and willfully makes a false…
16-10-56 Riot in penal institution
(a) As used in this Code section, the term penal institution means any place of confinement for persons accused of or convicted of violating a law of this state or…
16-10-55 Mutiny
A person who persuades, entices, instigates, counsels, aids, or abets a person in the lawful custody of any penal institution to commit the offense of mutiny shall, upon conviction thereof,…
16-10-54 Resist officer in penal institution
A person in the lawful custody of any penal institution of the state or of a political subdivision of the state who assails, opposes, or resists an officer of the…
16-10-53 Aid or permit escape
(a) A person who knowingly aids another in escaping from lawful custody or from any place of lawful confinement shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less…
16-10-52. Escape
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16-10-51 Bail jumping
(a) Any person who has been charged with or convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of this state and has been set at liberty on bail…
16-10-50 Hindering apprehension or punishment
(a) A person commits the offense of hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal when, with intention to hinder the apprehension or punishment of a person whom he knows…
16-10-34 Projecting laser device upon law enforcement officer
(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term laser device means a device designed to amplify electro-magnetic radiation by stimulated emission that emits a beam designed to be used…
16-10-33 Removing or attempting to remove a weapon from officer
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term firearm shall include stun guns and tasers. A stun gun or taser is any device that is powered by electrical…
16-10-32 Witness intimidation
(a) Any person who attempts to kill another person with intent to: (1) Prevent the attendance or testimony of any person in an official proceeding; (2) Prevent the production of…
16-10-31 Concealing death of another
A person who, by concealing the death of any other person, hinders a discovery of whether or not such person was unlawfully killed is guilty of a felony and upon…