Georgia § 16-11-43 - Obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 16-11-43 — Obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-11-43. Obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages.
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 inconvenience or hazard and fails or refuses to remove the obstruction after receiving a reasonable official request or the order of a peace officer that he do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Laws 1818, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 949; Ga. L. 1859, p. 65, § 1; Code 1863, § 4481; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4527; Code 1873, § 4617; Code 1882, § 4617; Penal Code 1895, § 715; Penal Code 1910, § 766; Code 1933, § 26-8106; Code 1933, § 26-2611, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.) Cross references. - Further provisions regarding obstruction of public roads, § 32-6-1 . Authorization of security personnel to deny entrance and remove persons from state property, § 50-16-14 . Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Powers and procedures for enforcement of highway obstruction laws, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, § 672-4-.06.
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