Georgia § 16-10-21 - Conspiracy to defraud state or political subdivision.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 16-10-21 — Conspiracy to defraud state or political subdivision., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-10-21. Conspiracy to defraud state or political subdivision.
A person commits the offense of conspiracy to defraud the state when he conspires or agrees with another to commit theft of any property which belongs to the state or to any agency thereof or which is under the control or possession of a state officer or employee in his official capacity. The crime shall be complete when the conspiracy or agreement is effected and an overt act in furtherance thereof has been committed, regardless of whether the theft is consummated. A person convicted of the offense of conspiracy to defraud the state shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years. A person commits the offense of conspiracy to defraud a political subdivision when he conspires or agrees with another to commit theft of any property which belongs to a political subdivision or to any agency thereof or which is under the control or possession of an officer or employee of a political subdivision in his official capacity. The crime shall be complete when the conspiracy or agreement is effected and an overt act in furtherance thereof has been committed, regardless of whether the theft is consummated. A person convicted of the offense of conspiracy to defraud a political subdivision shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years. (Ga. L. 1872, p. 25, § 1; Code 1882, § 4493; Penal Code 1895, § 287; Penal Code 1910, § 291; Code 1933, § 26-4201; Code 1933, § 26-2307, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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