Georgia Code — 16
Browse 726 sections in division 16 of the Georgia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 16-1-1. Short title.
- § 16-1-2. Purposes of title.
- § 16-1-3. Definitions.
- § 16-1-4. When conduct constitutes a crime; power of court to punish contempt or enforce orders, civil judgments, and decrees.
- § 16-1-5. Presumption of innocence; standard of proof for conviction.
- § 16-1-6. Conviction for lesser included offenses.
- § 16-1-7. Multiple prosecutions for same conduct.
- § 16-1-8. When prosecution barred by former prosecution.
- § 16-1-9. Application of title to crimes committed prior to enactment.
- § 16-1-10. Punishment for crimes for which punishment not otherwise provided.
- § 16-1-11. Effect of repeal or amendment of criminal law on prosecution of prior violations.
- § 16-1-12. Restrictions on contingency fee compensation of attorney appointed to represent state in forfeiture action.
- § 16-2-1. "Crime" defined.
- § 16-2-2. Effect of misfortune or accident on guilt.
- § 16-2-3. Presumption of sound mind and discretion.
- § 16-2-4. Presumption that acts of sound person willful.
- § 16-2-5. Presumption that sound person intends natural and probable consequences of acts.
- § 16-2-6. Intention a question of fact.
- § 16-2-20. When a person is a party to a crime.
- § 16-2-21. Prosecution of parties who did not directly commit the crime.
- § 16-2-22. Criminal responsibility of corporations.
- § 16-3-1. Minimum age.
- § 16-3-2. Mental capacity; insanity.
- § 16-3-3. Delusional compulsion.
- § 16-3-4. Intoxication.
- § 16-3-5. Mistake of fact.
- § 16-3-6. Affirmative defenses to certain sexual crimes.
- § 16-3-20. Justification.
- § 16-3-21. Use of force in defense of self or others; evidence of belief that force was necessary in murder or manslaughter prosecution.
- § 16-3-22. Immunity from criminal liability of persons rendering assistance to law enforcement officers.
- § 16-3-22. 1. Persons who provide assistance to law enforcement officers or the Division of Family and Children Services when the health and safety of children are adversely affected and threatened.
- § 16-3-23. Use of force in defense of habitation.
- § 16-3-23. 1. No duty to retreat prior to use of force in self-defense.
- § 16-3-24. Use of force in defense of property other than a habitation.
- § 16-3-24. 1. Habitation and personal property defined.
- § 16-3-24. 2. Immunity from prosecution; exception.
- § 16-3-25. Entrapment.
- § 16-3-26. Coercion.
- § 16-3-27. Benefit of clergy.
- § 16-3-28. Affirmative defenses.
- § 16-3-40. Alibi.
- § 16-4-1. Criminal attempt.
- § 16-4-2. Conviction for criminal attempt where crime completed.
- § 16-4-3. Charge of commission of crime as including criminal attempt.
- § 16-4-4. Impossibility as a defense.
- § 16-4-5. Abandonment of effort to commit a crime as an affirmative defense.
- § 16-4-6. Penalties for criminal attempt.
- § 16-4-7. Criminal solicitation.
- § 16-4-8. Conspiracy to commit a crime.
- § 16-4-8. 1. Conviction of conspiracy even if crime completed.
- § 16-4-9. Withdrawal by coconspirator from agreement to commit crime.
- § 16-4-10. Domestic terrorism; penalty.
- § 16-5-1. Murder; malice murder; felony murder; murder in the second degree.
- § 16-5-2. Voluntary manslaughter.
- § 16-5-3. Involuntary manslaughter.
- § 16-5-4. Time elapsed between injury and death.
- § 16-5-5. Assisted suicide; notification of licensing board regarding violation.
- § 16-5-19. Definitions.
- § 16-5-20. Simple assault.
- § 16-5-21. Aggravated assault.
- § 16-5-22. Conviction of assault with intent to commit a crime if intended crime actually committed.
- § 16-5-23. Simple battery.
- § 16-5-23. 1. Battery.
- § 16-5-24. Aggravated battery.
- § 16-5-25. Opprobrious or abusive language as justification for simple assault or simple battery.
- § 16-5-26. Publication of second or subsequent conviction of simple assault, simple battery, or battery; cost of publication; good faith publications immune from liability.
- § 16-5-27. Female genital mutilation.
- § 16-5-28. Assault on an unborn child.
- § 16-5-29. Battery of an unborn child.
- § 16-5-40. Kidnapping.
- § 16-5-41. False imprisonment.
- § 16-5-42. False imprisonment under color of legal process.
- § 16-5-43. Malicious confinement of sane person in an asylum.
- § 16-5-44. Hijacking an aircraft.
- § 16-5-44. 1. Hijacking a motor vehicle.
- § 16-5-45. Interference with custody.
- § 16-5-46. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude.
- § 16-5-47. Posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in businesses and on Internet.
- § 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.
- § 16-5-61. Hazing.
- § 16-5-70. Cruelty to children.
- § 16-5-71. Tattooing.
- § 16-5-71. 1. Piercing of the body.
- § 16-5-72. Reckless abandonment.
- § 16-5-73. Prohibition against presence of children during manufacture of methamphetamine; punishment.
- § 16-5-80. Feticide; voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child; penalties.
- § 16-5-90. Stalking; psychological evaluation.
- § 16-5-91. Aggravated stalking.
- § 16-5-92. Applicability.
- § 16-5-93. Right of victim to notification of release or escape of stalker.
- § 16-5-94. Restraining orders; protective orders.
- § 16-5-95. Offense of violating family violence order; penalty.
- § 16-5-96. Publication of second or subsequent conviction of stalking or aggravated stalking; cost of publication; good faith publications immune from liability.
- § 16-5-100. Definitions.
- § 16-5-101. Neglect to a disabled adult, elder person, or resident.
- § 16-5-102. Exploitation and intimidation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents; obstruction of investigation.
- § 16-5-102. 1. Trafficking of a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; penalty.
- § 16-5-103. Exceptions to criminal liability.
- § 16-5-104. Venue.
- § 16-5-105. Applicability.
- § 16-5-110. Publication of notice; information required; assessment for cost; immunity.
- § 16-6-1. Rape.
- § 16-6-2. Sodomy; aggravated sodomy; medical expenses.
- § 16-6-3. Statutory rape.
- § 16-6-4. Child molestation; aggravated child molestation.
- § 16-6-5. Enticing a child for indecent purposes.
- § 16-6-5. 1. (For effective date, see note.) Improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent; consent not a defense; penalty.
- § 16-6-6. Bestiality.
- § 16-6-7. Necrophilia.
- § 16-6-8. Public indecency.
- § 16-6-9. Prostitution.
- § 16-6-10. Keeping a place of prostitution.
- § 16-6-11. Pimping.
- § 16-6-12. Pandering.
- § 16-6-13. Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12.
- § 16-6-13. 1. Testing for sexually transmitted diseases required.
- § 16-6-13. 2. Civil forfeiture of motor vehicle.
- § 16-6-13. 3. Civil forfeiture of proceeds and property.
- § 16-6-14. Pandering by compulsion.
- § 16-6-15. Solicitation of sodomy.
- § 16-6-16. Masturbation for hire.
- § 16-6-17. Giving massages in place used for lewdness, prostitution, assignation, or masturbation for hire.
- § 16-6-18. Fornication.
- § 16-6-19. Adultery.
- § 16-6-20. Bigamy.
- § 16-6-21. Marrying a bigamist.
- § 16-6-22. Incest.
- § 16-6-22. 1. Sexual battery.
- § 16-6-22. 2. Aggravated sexual battery.
- § 16-6-23. Publication of name or identity of female raped or assaulted with intent to commit rape.
- § 16-6-24. Adoption of ordinances by counties and municipalities which proscribe loitering or related activities.
- § 16-6-25. Harboring, concealing, or withholding information concerning a sexual offender; penalties.
- § 16-7-1. Burglary.
- § 16-7-2. Smash and grab burglary; "retail establishment" defined; penalty.
- § 16-7-5. Home invasion in the first and second degree.
- § 16-7-20. Possession of tools for the commission of crime.
- § 16-7-21. Criminal trespass.
- § 16-7-22. Criminal damage to property in the first degree.
- § 16-7-23. Criminal damage to property in the second degree.
- § 16-7-24. Interference with government property.
- § 16-7-25. Damaging, injuring, or interfering with property of public utility companies, municipalities, or political subdivisions.
- § 16-7-26. Vandalism to a place of worship.
- § 16-7-27. Injuring, tearing down, or destroying mailboxes; injuring, defacing, or destroying mail.
- § 16-7-28. Redesignated.
- § 16-7-29. Interference with electronic monitoring devices; "electronic monitoring device" defined; penalty.
- § 16-7-40. Short title.
- § 16-7-41. Legislative intent.
- § 16-7-42. Definitions.
- § 16-7-43. Littering public or private property or waters; enforcing personnel.
- § 16-7-44. Prima-facie evidence; rebuttable presumption.
- § 16-7-45. Enforcement of this part.
- § 16-7-46. Receptacles to be provided; notice to public.
- § 16-7-47. Designation of containers for household garbage; misuse or vandalization of container.
- § 16-7-48. Local ordinances regulating and controlling litter.
- § 16-7-50. Short title.
- § 16-7-51. Definitions.
- § 16-7-52. Unlawful dumping.
- § 16-7-53. Penalties for unlawful dumping.
- § 16-7-53. 1. Vehicle impoundment for intentionally dumping egregious litter.
- § 16-7-54. Evidence of identity of violator.
- § 16-7-55. Enforcement of other laws, rules, or regulations not limited.
- § 16-7-56. Title 12 provisions not affected.
- § 16-7-58. Prohibited placements of posters, signs, and advertisements.
- § 16-7-60. Arson in the first degree.
- § 16-7-61. Arson in the second degree.
- § 16-7-62. Arson in the third degree.
- § 16-7-63. Burning of woodlands, brush, fields, or other lands; arson of lands; destruction of or damage to material or device used in detection or suppression of wildfires; penalties for violations.
- § 16-7-64. Criminal possession of an explosive device.
- § 16-7-80. Definitions.
- § 16-7-81. Explosive materials.
- § 16-7-82. Manufacturing, transporting, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, and offering to distribute an explosive device.
- § 16-7-83. Persons convicted or under indictment for certain offenses.
- § 16-7-84. Distribution of certain materials to persons under 21 years of age.
- § 16-7-85. Hoax devices.
- § 16-7-86. Attempt or conspiracy.
- § 16-7-87. Interference with officers.
- § 16-7-88. Possessing, transporting, or receiving explosives, destructive devices, bacteriological weapon, or biological weapon with intent to kill, injure, or intimidate individuals or destroy public buildings; sentencing; enhanced penalties.
- § 16-7-89. Separate offenses.
- § 16-7-90. Records and reports.
- § 16-7-91. Searches and inspections.
- § 16-7-92. Compelling attendance of witnesses and production of evidence.
- § 16-7-93. Exceptions to applicability of provisions.
- § 16-7-94. Agricultural activities.
- § 16-7-95. Civil forfeiture for violations of article; special provisions for destructive material.
- § 16-7-96. Admissible evidence.
- § 16-7-97. Fertilizers and pesticides.
- § 16-8-1. Definitions.
- § 16-8-2. Theft by taking.
- § 16-8-3. Theft by deception.
- § 16-8-4. Theft by conversion.
- § 16-8-5. Theft of services.
- § 16-8-5. 1. Circumstances permitting inference of intent to avoid payment; exceptions.
- § 16-8-5. 2. Retail property fencing; civil forfeiture; related matters.
- § 16-8-6. Theft of lost or mislaid property.
- § 16-8-7. Theft by receiving stolen property.
- § 16-8-8. Theft by receiving property stolen in another state.
- § 16-8-9. Theft by bringing stolen property into state.
- § 16-8-10. Affirmative defenses to prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9.
- § 16-8-11. Venue for purposes of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 and 16-8-13 through 16-8-15.
- § 16-8-12. Penalties for theft in violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9.
- § 16-8-13. Theft of trade secrets.
- § 16-8-14. Theft by shoplifting.
- § 16-8-14. 1. Refund fraud.
- § 16-8-15. Conversion of payments for real property improvements.
- § 16-8-16. Theft by extortion.
- § 16-8-17. Misuse of Universal Product Code labels.
- § 16-8-18. Entering automobile or other motor vehicle with intent to commit theft or felony.
- § 16-8-19. Conversion of leased personal property.
- § 16-8-20. Livestock theft.
- § 16-8-21. Removal or abandonment of shopping carts.
- § 16-8-22. Cargo theft.
- § 16-8-23. Prohibited uses of fifth wheel.
- § 16-8-40. Robbery.
- § 16-8-41. Armed robbery; robbery by intimidation; taking controlled substance from pharmacy in course of committing offense.
- § 16-8-60. (For effective date, see note.) Reproduction of recorded material; transfer, sale, distribution, circulation; civil forfeiture; restitution.
- § 16-8-61. Display of official rating on video movies.
- § 16-8-62. Film piracy prohibited; exceptions; penalty for violation.
- § 16-8-80. Short title.
- § 16-8-81. Legislative findings.
- § 16-8-82. Definitions.
- § 16-8-83. Owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop; penalty.
- § 16-8-84. Seizure of personal property used or possessed in connection with violation of Code Section 16-8-83.
- § 16-8-85. Civil forfeiture of personal property seized.
- § 16-8-86. Civil action for violation of this article.
- § 16-8-100. Short title.
- § 16-8-101. Definitions.
- § 16-8-102. Residential mortgage fraud.
- § 16-8-103. Venue.
- § 16-8-104. Authority to investigate and prosecute for residential mortgage fraud.
- § 16-8-105. Penalties.
- § 16-8-106. Civil forfeiture.
- § 16-9-1. Forgery; classification of forgery offenses.
- § 16-9-2. Penalties for forgery.
- § 16-9-3. "Writing" defined.
- § 16-9-4. Manufacturing, selling, or distributing false identification document; civil forfeiture; penalty.
- § 16-9-5. Counterfeit or false proof of insurance document.
- § 16-9-6. Punishment for fiduciary in violation of chapter.
- § 16-9-20. Deposit account fraud.
- § 16-9-21. Printing, executing, or negotiating checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts knowing information thereon to be in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder.
- § 16-9-30. Definitions.
- § 16-9-31. Financial transaction card theft.
- § 16-9-32. Forgery of financial transaction card.
- § 16-9-33. Financial transaction card fraud.
- § 16-9-34. Criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices.
- § 16-9-35. Criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained.
- § 16-9-36. Rebuttable presumption of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained.
- § 16-9-36. 1. Criminal factoring of financial transaction card records.
- § 16-9-37. Unauthorized use of financial transaction card; misuse of government issued cards.
- § 16-9-38. Punishment and penalties.
- § 16-9-39. Publication of information regarding schemes, devices, means, or methods for financial transaction card fraud or theft of telecommunication services.
- § 16-9-40. Venue determinations.
- § 16-9-50. Deceptive business practices.
- § 16-9-51. Destruction, removal, concealment, encumbrance, or transfer of property subject to security interest.
- § 16-9-52. Improper solicitation of money.
- § 16-9-53. Damaging, destroying, or secreting property to defraud another.
- § 16-9-54. False statements by telephone solicitors.
- § 16-9-55. Fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain public housing or reduction in public housing rent.
- § 16-9-56. Fraudulent attempts to obtain refunds.
- § 16-9-57. False representation as representative of peace officer organization or fire service organization.
- § 16-9-58. Failing to pay for natural products or chattels.
- § 16-9-59. Operation of credit repair services organization.
- § 16-9-60. "Foreclosure fraud" construed; penalty.
- § 16-9-61. Misrepresenting the origin or ownership of timber or agricultural commodities.
- § 16-9-62. Crimes utilizing automated sales suppression devices, zapper, or phantom-ware; penalties.
- § 16-9-63. False representation as veteran.
- § 16-9-70. Criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark.
- § 16-9-71. Removal of collars or identifying items or marks on animals.
- § 16-9-90. Short title.
- § 16-9-91. Legislative findings.
- § 16-9-92. Definitions.
- § 16-9-93. Computer crimes defined; exclusivity of article; civil remedies; criminal penalties.
- § 16-9-93. 1. Misleading transmittal and use of individual name, trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol over computer or telephone network; criminal penalty; civil remedies.
- § 16-9-94. Venue.
- § 16-9-100. Definitions.
- § 16-9-101. Initiation of deceptive commercial e-mail.
- § 16-9-102. Penalties.
- § 16-9-103. Venue.
- § 16-9-104. Jurisdiction for prosecutions.
- § 16-9-105. Civil actions.
- § 16-9-106. Violations as separate offenses; construction with other laws; e-mail policies of service providers not limited or restricted.
- § 16-9-107. No cause of action against service providers.
- § 16-9-108. Investigative and subpoena powers of district attorneys and the Attorney General.
- § 16-9-109. Disclosures by service providers pursuant to investigations.
- § 16-9-109. 1. Fraudulent business practices using Internet or e-mail; definitions; penalties and sanctions; immunity.
- § 16-9-110. Sale or transfer of new motor vehicles not manufactured in compliance with federal standards.
- § 16-9-111. Importation, manufacture, selling, offering for sale, installation, or reinstallation of counterfeit, nonfunctional, and such other types of air bags.
- § 16-9-120. Definitions.
- § 16-9-121. Elements of offense.
- § 16-9-121. 1. Offense of aggravated identity fraud.
- § 16-9-122. Attempting or conspiring to commit offense; penalty.
- § 16-9-123. Investigations.
- § 16-9-124. Prosecutions.
- § 16-9-125. County of offense.
- § 16-9-125. 1. Victim's right to file report.
- § 16-9-126. Penalty for violations.
- § 16-9-127. Authority of Attorney General.
- § 16-9-128. Exemptions.
- § 16-9-129. Actual and punitive damages available to business victim.
- § 16-9-130. Damages available to consumer victim; no defense that others engage in comparable practices; service of complaint.
- § 16-9-131. Criminal prosecution.