This title shall be known and may be cited as the 'Criminal Code of Georgia.' ...

The general purposes of this title are: (1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or ...

As used in this title, the term: (1) 'Affirmative defense' means, with respect to any affirmative defense authorized in this title, unless the state´s evidence ...

No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is described as a crime in this title or in another statute of this state. However, this Code section does not ...

Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No person shall be convicted of a crime unless each element of such crime is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. ...

An accused may be convicted of a crime included in a crime charged in the indictment or accusation. A crime is so included when: (1) ...

(a) When the same conduct of an accused may establish the commission of more than one crime, the accused may be prosecuted for each crime. He may not, ...

(a) A prosecution is barred if the accused was formerly prosecuted for the same crime based upon the same material facts, if such former prosecution: (1) ...

This title shall govern the construction and punishment of any crime defined in this title committed on and after July 1, 1969, as well as the construction and ...

Any conduct that is made criminal by this title or by another statute of this state and for which punishment is not otherwise provided, shall be punished as ...

The repeal, repeal and reenactment, or amendment of any law of this state which prohibits any act or omission to act and which provides for any criminal penalty ...

(a) A 'crime' is a violation of a statute of this state in which there is a joint operation of an act or omission to act and intention ...

A person shall not be found guilty of any crime committed by misfortune or accident where it satisfactorily appears there was no criminal scheme or undertaking, intention, or ...

Every person is presumed to be of sound mind and discretion but the presumption may be rebutted. ...

The acts of a person of sound mind and discretion are presumed to be the product of the person´s will but the presumption may be rebutted. ...

A person of sound mind and discretion is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his acts but the presumption may be rebutted. ...

A person will not be presumed to act with criminal intention but the trier of facts may find such intention upon consideration of the words, conduct, demeanor, motive, ...

(a) Every person concerned in the commission of a crime is a party thereto and may be charged with and convicted of commission of the crime. ...

Any party to a crime who did not directly commit the crime may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished for commission of the crime upon proof that the ...

(a) A corporation may be prosecuted for the act or omission constituting a crime only if: (1) The crime is defined by a statute which ...

A person shall not be considered or found guilty of a crime unless he has attained the age of 13 years at the time of the act, omission, ...

A person shall not be found guilty of a crime if, at the time of the act, omission, or negligence constituting the crime, the person did not have ...

A person shall not be found guilty of a crime when, at the time of the act, omission, or negligence constituting the crime, the person, because of mental ...

(a) A person shall not be found guilty of a crime when, at the time of the act, omission, or negligence constituting the crime, the person, because of ...

A person shall not be found guilty of a crime if the act or omission to act constituting the crime was induced by a misapprehension of fact which, ...

The fact that a person´s conduct is justified is a defense to prosecution for any crime based on that conduct. The defense of justification can be claimed: ...

(a) A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such threat or force ...

(a) Any person who renders assistance reasonably and in good faith to any law enforcement officer who is being hindered in the performance of his official duties or ...

A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such threat or force is ...

(a) A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that such threat or force is necessary ...

As used in Code Sections 16-3-23 and 16-3-24, the term 'habitation' means any dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business, and 'personal property' means personal property other than ...

A person who uses threats or force in accordance with Code Section 16-3-23 or 16-3-24 shall be immune from criminal prosecution therefor unless any deadly force used by ...

A person is not guilty of a crime if, by entrapment, his conduct is induced or solicited by a government officer or employee, or agent of either, for ...

A person is not guilty of a crime, except murder, if the act upon which the supposed criminal liability is based is performed under such coercion that the ...

Since it is no longer needed or appropriate, the ancient device of benefit of clergy shall not exist. ...

A defense based upon any of the provisions of this article is an affirmative defense. ...

The defense of alibi involves the impossibility of the accused´s presence at the scene of the offense at the time of its commission. The range of the evidence ...

A person commits the offense of criminal attempt when, with intent to commit a specific crime, he performs any act which constitutes a substantial step toward the commission ...

A person may be convicted of the offense of criminal attempt if the crime attempted was actually committed in pursuance of the attempt but may not be convicted ...

A person charged with commission of a crime may be convicted of the offense of criminal attempt as to that crime without being specifically charged with the criminal ...

It is no defense to a charge of criminal attempt that the crime the accused is charged with attempting was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible ...

(a) When a person´s conduct would otherwise constitute an attempt to commit a crime under Code Section 16-4-1, it is an affirmative defense that he abandoned his effort ...

(a) A person convicted of the offense of criminal attempt to commit a crime punishable by death or by life imprisonment shall be punished by imprisonment for not ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony, he solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise ...

A person commits the offense of conspiracy to commit a crime when he together with one or more persons conspires to commit any crime and any one or ...

A person may be convicted of the offense of conspiracy to commit a crime, as defined in Code Section 16-4-8, even if the crime which was the objective ...

A coconspirator may be relieved from the effects of Code Section 16-4-8 if he can show that before the overt act occurred he withdrew his agreement to commit ...

(a) As used in this Code section, 'domestic terrorism' means any violation of, or attempt to violate, the laws of this state or of the United States which: ...

(a) A person commits the offense of murder when he unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of another human being. ...

(a) A person commits the offense of voluntary manslaughter when he causes the death of another human being under circumstances which would otherwise be murder and if he ...

(a) A person commits the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act when he causes the death of another human being without any intention ...

In order to be a homicide punishable under this article, death need not have occurred within a year and a day from the date of the injury alleged ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Intentionally and actively assisting suicide' means direct and physical involvement, intervention, or participation in the ...

(a) A person commits the offense of simple assault when he or she either: (1) Attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another; ...

(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated assault when he or she assaults: (1) With intent to murder, to rape, or to rob; ...

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 ...

(a) A person commits the offense of simple battery when he or she either: (1) Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with ...

(a) A person commits the offense of battery when he or she intentionally causes substantial physical harm or visible bodily harm to another. (b) As ...

(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated battery when he or she maliciously causes bodily harm to another by depriving him or her of a member of ...

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 ...

(a) The clerk of the court in which a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of Code Section 16-5-20 and is sentenced pursuant to subsection ...

(a) Any person: (1) Who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a female ...

(a) A person commits the offense of kidnapping when he abducts or steals away any person without lawful authority or warrant and holds such person against his will. ...

(a) A person commits the offense of false imprisonment when, in violation of the personal liberty of another, he arrests, confines, or detains such person without legal authority. ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(a) Any term used in this Code section and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for such term in Code Section 31-22-9.1. ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Haze' means to subject a student to an activity which endangers or is likely to ...

(a) A parent, guardian, or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a child under the age of 18 commits the offense ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo the body of any person under the age of 18, except that a physician or osteopath licensed under ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(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, ...

(a) A person commits the offense of feticide if he willfully kills an unborn child so far developed as to be ordinarily called 'quick' by any injury to ...

(a)(1) A person commits the offense of stalking when he or she follows, places under surveillance, or contacts another person at or about a place or places without ...

(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated stalking when such person, in violation of a bond to keep the peace posted pursuant to Code Section 17-6-110, temporary ...

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 ...

(a) The victim of stalking or aggravated stalking shall be entitled to notice of the release from custody of the person arrested for and charged with the offense ...

(a) A person who is not a minor who alleges stalking by another person may seek a restraining order by filing a petition alleging conduct constituting stalking as ...

(a) A person commits the offense of violating a family violence order when the person knowingly and in a nonviolent manner violates the terms of a family violence ...

(a) The clerk of the court in which a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of Code Section 16-5-90 or 16-5-91 shall cause to be ...

(a) A guardian or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a person who is 65 years of age or older commits ...

(a) When a person who has been convicted of a crime for which that person is required to register under Code Section 42-1-12 makes his or her first ...

(a) A person commits the offense of rape when he has carnal knowledge of: (1) A female forcibly and against her will; or (2) ...

(a) A person commits the offense of sodomy when he or she performs or submits to any sexual act involving the sex organs of one person and the ...

(a) A person commits the offense of statutory rape when he or she engages in sexual intercourse with any person under the age of 16 years and not ...

(a) A person commits the offense of child molestation when he or she does any immoral or indecent act to or in the presence of or with any ...

(a) A person commits the offense of enticing a child for indecent purposes when he or she solicits, entices, or takes any child under the age of 16 ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Actor' means a person accused of sexual assault. (2) 'Intimate parts' means ...

(a) A person commits the offense of bestiality when he performs or submits to any sexual act with an animal involving the sex organs of the one and ...

(a) A person commits the offense of necrophilia when he performs any sexual act with a dead human body involving the sex organs of the one and the ...

(a) A person commits the offense of public indecency when he or she performs any of the following acts in a public place: (1) An ...

A person commits the offense of prostitution when he or she performs or offers or consents to perform a sexual act, including but not limited to sexual intercourse ...

A person having or exercising control over the use of any place or conveyance which would offer seclusion or shelter for the practice of prostitution commits the offense ...

A person commits the offense of pimping when he or she performs any of the following acts: (1) Offers or agrees to procure a prostitute ...

A person commits the offense of pandering when he or she solicits a person to perform an act of prostitution in his or her own behalf or in ...

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Code Sections 16-6-10 through 16-6-12 shall ...

(a) Any term used in this Code section and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for such term in Code Section 31-22-9.1. ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Costs' means, but is not limited to: (A) All expenses associated with ...

(a) Any proceeds or money which is used, intended for use, used in any manner to facilitate, or derived from a violation of Code Section 16-6-11, wherein any ...

A person commits the offense of pandering by compulsion when he or she by duress or coercion causes a person to perform an act of prostitution and, upon ...

(a) A person commits the offense of solicitation of sodomy when he solicits another to perform or submit to an act of sodomy. Except as provided in subsection ...

(a) A person, including a masseur or masseuse, commits the offense of masturbation for hire when he erotically stimulates the genital organs of another, whether resulting in orgasm ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any masseur or masseuse to massage any person in any building, structure, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, prostitution, ...

An unmarried person commits the offense of fornication when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with another person and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. ...

A married person commits the offense of adultery when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with a person other than his spouse and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished ...

(a) A person commits the offense of bigamy when he, being married and knowing that his lawful spouse is living, marries another person or carries on a bigamous ...

(a) An unmarried man or woman commits the offense of marrying a bigamist when he marries a person whom he knows to be the wife or husband of ...

(a) A person commits the offense of incest when he engages in sexual intercourse with a person to whom he knows he is related either by blood or ...

(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term 'intimate parts' means the primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, or buttocks of a male or female ...

(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term 'foreign object' means any article or instrument other than the sexual organ of a person. ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any news media or any other person to print and publish, broadcast, televise, or disseminate through any other medium of public dissemination ...

Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any county or municipality from adopting ordinances which proscribe loitering or related activities in public for the purpose of procuring others ...

(a) A person commits the offense of burglary when, without authority and with the intent to commit a felony or theft therein, he enters or remains within the ...

(a) A person commits the offense of possession of tools for the commission of crime when he has in his possession any tool, explosive, or other device commonly ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she intentionally damages any property of another without consent of that other person and the damage ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal damage to property in the first degree when he: (1) Knowingly and without authority interferes with any ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree when he: (1) Intentionally damages any property of another person ...

(a) A person commits the offense of interference with government property when he destroys, damages, or defaces government property and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally and without authority to injure or destroy any meter, pipe, conduit, wire, line, post, lamp, or other apparatus belonging ...

(a) A person commits the offense of vandalism to a place of worship when he maliciously defaces or desecrates a church, synagogue, or other place of public religious ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or maliciously to injure, tear down, or destroy any mailbox or receptacle intended or used for the receipt or ...

(a) It shall be unlawful: (1) To start, cause, or procure another to start a fire in any woodlands, brush, field, or any other lands ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and without authority remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device which is being used ...

This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Litter Control Law.' ...

As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Litter' means all discarded sand, gravel, slag, brickbats, rubbish, waste material, tin cans, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dump, deposit, throw, or leave or to cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing, or leaving ...

(a) Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped, or dumped from any motor vehicle, boat, airplane, or other conveyance in violation of Code Section 16-7-43, it shall be prima-facie ...

All law enforcement agencies, officers, and officials of this state or any political subdivision thereof or any enforcement agency, officer, or any official of any commission of this ...

All public authorities and agencies having supervision of properties of this state are authorized, empowered, and instructed to establish and maintain receptacles for the deposit of litter at ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'household garbage' means animal, vegetable, and fruit refuse matter and other refuse matter ordinarily generated as by-products of a ...

Nothing within this part shall be construed to prohibit the adoption of local ordinances regulating and controlling litter within the corporate limits of a municipality. Violation of such ...

This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Waste Control Law.' ...

As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Biomedical waste' means that term as defined in paragraph (1.1) of Code Section 12-8-22 on January 1, ...

It shall be unlawful for any person to dump waste unless authorized to do so by law or by a duly issued permit: (1) In ...

(a) Any person who dumps waste in violation of Code Section 16-7-52 in an amount not exceeding 500 pounds in weight or 100 cubic feet in volume which ...

Whenever any waste which is dumped in violation of Code Section 16-7-52 is discovered to contain any article or articles, including but not limited to letters, bills, publications, ...

Nothing in this part shall limit the authority of any state agency to enforce any other laws, rules, or regulations relating to waste or the management of solid, ...

Nothing in this part shall be construed so as to repeal, supersede, amend, or modify any provision of Title 12. ...

(a) A person commits the offense of arson in the first degree when, by means of fire or explosive, he or she knowingly damages or knowingly causes, aids, ...

(a) A person commits the offense of arson in the second degree as to any building, vehicle, railroad car, watercraft, aircraft, or other structure not included or described ...

(a) A person commits the offense of arson in the third degree when, by means of fire or explosive, he or she knowingly damages or knowingly causes, aids, ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Bacteriological weapon' or 'biological weapon' means any device which is designed in such a manner as to ...

The following materials are explosives within the meaning of this article: (1) Acetylides of heavy metals; (2) Aluminum containing polymeric propellant; ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, manufacture, transport, distribute, possess with the intent to distribute, or offer to distribute a destructive device except as ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who is under indictment for or who has been convicted of a felony by a court of this state, any ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or to offer to distribute a destructive device, explosive, poison gas, or detonator to any person who is ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, or use a hoax device or replica of a destructive device or detonator with the ...

It shall be unlawful for any person to attempt or conspire to commit any offense prohibited by this article. Any person convicted of a violation of this Code ...

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to hinder or obstruct any explosive ordnance technician, law enforcement officer, fire official, emergency management official, animal trained to detect ...

(a) Any person who possesses, transports, or receives or attempts to possess, transport, or receive any destructive device or explosive with the knowledge or intent that it will ...

Each violation of the provisions of this article shall be considered a separate offense. ...

It shall be the duty of any person authorized by paragraph (1) or (2) of Code Section 16-7-93 to manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, or use a destructive device, ...

The Commissioner or director or such officers´ designees or any law enforcement officer or fire official may obtain an inspection warrant as provided in Code Section 25-2-22.1 to ...

In any case where there is reason to believe that a destructive device, detonator, explosive, or hoax device has been manufactured, possessed, transported, distributed, or used in violation ...

The provisions of Code Sections 16-7-82, 16-7-84, 16-7-85, and 16-7-86 shall not apply to: (1) Any person authorized to manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, or use ...

After consultation with the Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee, the Board of Public Safety may except by rule any explosive or quantity of explosive for ...

(a) All property which is subject to forfeiture pursuant to Code Section 16-13-49 which is, directly or indirectly, used or intended for use in any manner to facilitate ...

(a) Photographs, videotapes, or other identification or analysis of a destructive device, explosive, poison gas, or detonator duly identified by an explosive ordnance disposal technician or a person ...

The provisions of this article shall not apply to: (1) Fertilizers, propellant actuated devices, or propellant activated industrial tools manufactured, imported, distributed, or used for ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Deprive' means, without justification: (A) To withhold property of another permanently or temporarily; or ...

A person commits the offense of theft by taking when he unlawfully takes or, being in lawful possession thereof, unlawfully appropriates any property of another with the intention ...

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by deception when he obtains property by any deceitful means or artful practice with the intention of depriving the owner ...

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by conversion when, having lawfully obtained funds or other property of another including, but not limited to, leased or rented ...

A person commits the offense of theft of services when by deception and with the intent to avoid payment he knowingly obtains services, accommodations, entertainment, or the use ...

The trier of fact may infer that the accused intended to avoid payment due for the rental or lease of any personal property in any prosecution pursuant to ...

A person commits the offense of theft of lost or mislaid property when he comes into control of property that he knows or learns to have been lost ...

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by receiving stolen property when he receives, disposes of, or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was ...

A person commits the offense of theft by receiving property stolen in another state when he receives, disposes of, or retains stolen property which he knows or should ...

A person commits the offense of theft by bringing stolen property into this state when he brings into this state any property which he knows or should know ...

It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-7 that the person: (1) Was unaware that the property ...

In a prosecution under Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 and 16-8-13 through 16-8-15, the crime shall be considered as having been committed in any county in which the ...

(a) A person convicted of a violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 shall be punished as for a misdemeanor except: (1) If the property ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Article' means any object, material, device, substance, or copy thereof, including any writing, record, recording, ...

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by shoplifting when he alone or in concert with another person, with the intent of appropriating merchandise to his own ...

(a) Any architect, landscape architect, engineer, contractor, subcontractor, or other person who with intent to defraud shall use the proceeds of any payment made to him on account ...

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by extortion when he unlawfully obtains property of or from another person by threatening to: (1) Inflict ...

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses, uses, utters, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits, ...

If any person shall enter any automobile or other motor vehicle with the intent to commit a theft or a felony, he shall be guilty of a felony ...

Reserved. ...

(a) A person commits the offense of livestock theft when he unlawfully takes or, being in lawful possession thereof, unlawfully appropriates any livestock of another with the intention ...

(a) As used in this Code section, 'shopping cart' means those pushcarts of the type which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drugstores, or other merchant stores or ...

(a) A person commits the offense of robbery when, with intent to commit theft, he takes property of another from the person or the immediate presence of another: ...

(a) A person commits the offense of armed robbery when, with intent to commit theft, he or she takes property of another from the person or the immediate ...

(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association knowingly to: (1) Transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds or visual ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Official rating' means the official rating of a motion picture by the Classification and Rating ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Audiovisual recording device' means any device capable of recording or transmitting a motion picture, or ...

This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Motor Vehicle Chop Shop and Stolen and Altered Property Act.' ...

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares the following: (1) The annual number of reported motor vehicle thefts has exceeded 1 million. Approximately 50 percent ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Chop shop' means any building, lot, or other premise where one or more persons knowingly engage in ...

(a) Any person who knowingly and with intent: (1) Owns, operates, or conducts a chop shop; (2) Transports any motor vehicle or ...

(a) Any tool, implement, or instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, used or possessed in connection with any violation of Code ...

(a) The following are subject to forfeiture unless obtained by theft, fraud, or conspiracy to defraud and the rightful owner is known or can be identified and located: ...

(a) The Attorney General, any prosecutor, or any aggrieved person may institute a civil action against any person in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking relief from conduct ...

This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Residential Mortgage Fraud Act.' ...

(1) 'Mortgage lending process' means the process through which a person seeks or obtains a residential mortgage loan including, but not limited to, solicitation, application, or origination, negotiation ...

A person commits the offense of residential mortgage fraud when, with the intent to defraud, such person: (1) Knowingly makes any deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or ...

For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed: (1) In the county in ...

District attorneys and the Attorney General shall have the authority to conduct the criminal investigation and prosecution of all cases of residential mortgage fraud under this article or ...

(a) Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more ...

All real and personal property of every kind used or intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through a violation of this article shall ...

(a) A person commits the offense of forgery in the first degree when with intent to defraud he knowingly makes, alters, or possesses any writing in a fictitious ...

(a) A person commits the offense of forgery in the second degree when with the intent to defraud he knowingly makes, alters, or possesses any writing in a ...

For purposes of Code Sections 16-9-1 and 16-9-2, the word 'writing' includes, but is not limited to, printing or any other method of recording information, money, coins, tokens, ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

Unless a greater penalty is specifically provided in this chapter, any violation of this chapter by a fiduciary in breach of a fiduciary obligation against a person who ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Acquirer' means a business organization, financial institution, or an agent of a business organization or financial institution ...

(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, ...

(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, ...

(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 ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices when: (1) He is a person other than the cardholder ...

A person commits the offense of criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained when he receives money, goods, services, or anything else of value obtained in violation of ...

A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transportation company from other than an authorized agent of such ...

Any person who, without the acquirer´s express authorization, employs or solicits an authorized merchant or any agent or employee of such merchant to remit to an issuer or ...

Any person who has been issued or entrusted with a financial transaction card for specifically authorized purposes, provided such authorization is in writing stating a maximum amount charges ...

(a) A person who is subject to the punishment and penalties of this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not less than one year ...

(a) As used in this Code section, 'publish' means the communication or dissemination of information to any one or more persons either orally, in person, by telephone, radio ...

(a) A person commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice when in the regular course of business he knowingly: (1) Uses or possesses ...

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person who destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers, or otherwise deals with property subject to a security ...

(a) A person commits the offense of improper solicitation of money when he solicits payment of money by another by means of a statement or invoice or any ...

(a) A person commits the offense of damaging, destroying, or secreting property to defraud another person when he knowingly and with intent to defraud another person damages, destroys, ...

(a) In making a telephone solicitation for the purpose of the sale of goods or services or for the purpose of seeking charitable contributions, it shall be unlawful ...

(a) Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain or who establishes or attempts to establish eligibility for, and any person who knowingly or intentionally aids or abets ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to give a false or fictitious name, address, or telephone number as that person´s own or to give the name, ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or accept a fee, consideration, or donation or to offer for sale or to sell advertising as a ...

Any person, either on his or her own account or for others, who with fraudulent intent shall buy cotton, corn, rice, crude turpentine, spirits of turpentine, rosin, pitch, ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Buyer' means any individual who is solicited to purchase or who purchases the services of ...

(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term 'foreclosure fraud' shall include any of the following: knowingly or willfully representing that moneys provided to or on behalf ...

(a) A person commits the crime of misrepresenting the origin or ownership of timber or agricultural commodities when, in the course of a sale, attempted sale, delivery, or ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark when he buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or has in ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person without the express permission of the owner or lessee of an animal to remove a collar, tag, tattoo, or any ...

This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act.' ...

The General Assembly finds that: (1) Computer related crime is a growing problem in the government and in the private sector; (2) ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Computer' means an electronic, magnetic, optical, hydraulic, electrochemical, or organic device or group of devices which, pursuant ...

(a) Computer theft. Any person who uses a computer or computer network with knowledge that such use is without authority and with the intention of: ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, any organization, or any representative of any organization knowingly to transmit any data through a computer network or over the ...

For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed: (1) In the county of ...

As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Advertiser' means a person or entity that advertises through the use of commercial e-mail. ...

Any person who initiates a commercial e-mail that the person knew or should have known to be false or misleading that is sent from, passes through, or is ...

(a) Any person convicted of a violation of Code Section 16-9-101 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or ...

For the purpose of venue under this part, any violation of this part shall be considered to have been committed: (1) In the county of ...

The Attorney General shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district attorneys and solicitors-general to conduct the criminal prosecution of violations of this part. ...

(a) The following persons shall have standing to assert a civil action under this part: (1) Any e-mail service provider whose protected computer was used ...

(a) Any crime committed in violation of this part shall be considered a separate offense. (b) The provisions of this part shall not be construed ...

There shall be no cause of action under this part against an e-mail service provider on the basis of its routine transmission of any commercial e-mail over its ...

(a) In any investigation of a violation of this article or any investigation of a violation of Code Section 16-12-100, 16-12-100.1, 16-12-100.2, 16-5-90, or Article 8 of Chapter ...

(a) Any law enforcement unit, the Attorney General, or any district attorney who is conducting an investigation of a violation of this article or an investigation of a ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation knowingly to sell, transfer, or otherwise convey any motor vehicle which was not manufactured to comply with ...

Any person who knowingly installs or reinstalls any object in lieu of and other than an air bag which was designed in accordance with federal safety regulations for ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Administrator' means the administrator appointed under Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, ...

A person commits the offense of identity fraud when without the authorization or permission of a person with the intent unlawfully to appropriate resources of or cause physical ...

It shall be unlawful for any person to attempt or conspire to commit any offense prohibited by this article. Any person convicted of a violation of this Code ...

The administrator appointed under Code Section 10-1-395 shall have the authority to investigate any complaints of consumer victims regarding identity fraud. In conducting such investigations the administrator shall ...

The Attorney General and prosecuting attorneys shall have the authority to conduct the criminal prosecution of all cases of identity fraud. ...

The General Assembly finds that identity fraud involves the use of identifying information which is uniquely personal to the consumer or business victim of that identity fraud and ...

(a) A violation of this article, other than a violation of Code Section 16-9-122, shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten ...

The administrator shall have authority to initiate any proceedings and to exercise any power or authority in the same manner as if he or she were acting under ...

(a) The prohibitions set forth in Code Sections 16-9-121 and 16-9-122 shall not apply to nor shall any cause of action arise under Code Sections 16-9-129 and 16-9-131 ...

Any business victim who is injured by reason of any violation of this article shall have a cause of action for the actual damages sustained and, where appropriate, ...

(a) Any consumer victim who suffers injury or damages as a result of a violation of this article may bring an action individually or as a representative of ...

Whenever an investigation has been conducted by the Governor´s Office of Consumer Affairs under this article and such investigation reveals conduct which constitutes a criminal offense, the administrator ...

This article is cumulative with other laws and is not exclusive. The rights or remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other procedures, ...

This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Computer Security Act of 2005.' ...

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Advertisement' means a communication, the primary purpose of which is the commercial promotion of a commercial product ...

(a) It shall be illegal for a person or entity that is not an authorized user, as defined in Code Section 16-9-151, of a computer in this state ...

(a) It shall be illegal for a person or entity that is not an authorized user, as defined in Code Section 16-9-151, of a computer in this state ...

(a) It shall be illegal for a person or entity that is not an authorized user, as defined in Code Section 16-9-151, of a computer in this state ...

(a) Any person who violates the provisions of paragraph (2) of Code Section 16-9-152, subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section ...

(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term 'employer' includes a business entitýs officers, directors, parent corporation, subsidiaries, affiliates, and other corporate entities under common ownership ...

The General Assembly finds that this article is a matter of state-wide concern. This article supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by ...

Any public officer who willfully and intentionally violates the terms of his oath as prescribed by law shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less ...

(a) A person commits the offense of bribery when: (1) He or she gives or offers to give to any person acting for or on ...

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, any officer or employee of the state or any agency thereof who receives from any private person, firm, or ...

(a) Any officer or employee of the state or any agency thereof who asks for or receives anything of value to which he is not entitled in return ...

(a) Any officer or employee of the state or any agency thereof who asks for or receives anything of value to which he is not entitled in return ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'employing local authority' means a local authority or board created by a local Act of the General Assembly or ...

Any officer authorized to administer oaths or to take and certify acknowledgments who knowingly makes a false acknowledgment, certificate, or statement concerning the appearance before him or the ...

An officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof or other person authorized by law to make or give a certificate or other writing who ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for: (1) Members of the General Assembly to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the ...

A person who knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or ...

(a) 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 ...

(a) A person who enters into a contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or in restraint of free and open competition in any transaction with the ...

A person who falsely holds himself out as a peace officer or other public officer or employee with intent to mislead another into believing that he is actually ...

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person who knowingly and willfully obstructs or hinders any law enforcement officer in the lawful ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'firefighter' means: (1) Any person who is employed as a professional firefighter on a full-time basis ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Emergency medical professional' means any person performing emergency medical services who is licensed or certified ...

Any person who verbally or physically obstructs, prevents, or hinders another person with intent to cause or allow physical harm or injury to another person from making or ...

A person who gives a false name, address, or date of birth to a law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his official duties with the intent ...

A person who willfully and knowingly gives or causes a false report of a crime to be given to any law enforcement officer or agency of this state ...

A person who transmits in any manner to a fire department, public or private, or to any other group which is organized for the purpose of preventing or ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Destructive device' means a destructive device as such term is defined by Code Section 16-7-80. ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit in any manner a request for ambulance service to any person, firm, or corporation furnishing ambulance service, public ...

A person in a gathering who refuses to obey the reasonable official request or order of a peace officer or firefighter to move, for the purpose of promoting ...

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 ...

(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; ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to remove or attempt to remove a firearm, chemical spray, or baton from the possession of another person if: ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(a) A person commits the offense of escape when he or she: (1) Having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or of the violation ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(a) Any person legally confined to any penal institution of this state or of any political subdivision of this state who commits an unlawful act of violence or ...

(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) 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Patient' means any person who has received health care services from a provider. ...

(a) A person commits the offense of barratry when he knowingly and willfully commits any of the following acts: (1) Excites and stirs up groundless ...

Any person who shall falsely represent or impersonate another and in such assumed character answer as a witness to interrogatories or do any other act in the course ...

A person who by threat or force or by any threatening letter or communication: (1) Endeavors to intimidate or impede any grand juror or petit juror ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for a judge, prosecuting attorney, investigating officer, or law enforcement officer who is a witness in a case to receive or agree to ...

(a) A person owing allegiance to the state commits the offense of treason when he knowingly levies war against the state, adheres to her enemies, or gives them ...

(a) A person commits the offense of insurrection when he combines with others to overthrow or attempt to overthrow the representative and constitutional form of government of the ...

(a) A person commits the offense of inciting to insurrection when he incites others to overthrow or attempt to overthrow the representative and constitutional form of government of ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Organization' means any corporation, company, partnership, association, trust, foundation, fund, club, society, committee, political party, ...

This part may be cited as the 'Sedition and Subversive Activities Act of 1953.' ...

As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Foreign government' means the government of any country, nation, or group of nations other than the government ...

The Governor, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, is authorized and directed to appoint a special assistant attorney general for investigating and prosecuting subversive activities, whose responsibility ...

For the collection of any evidence and information referred to in this part, the Governor and the Attorney General are authorized and directed to call upon all prosecuting ...

The Attorney General shall require the special assistant to maintain complete records of all information received by him and all matters handled by him under the requirements of ...

The judge of any court exercising general criminal jurisdiction, when in his discretion it appears appropriate or when informed by the Attorney General or district attorney that there ...

It shall be unlawful for any subversive organization or foreign subversive organization to exist or function in this state. Any organization which by a court of competent jurisdiction ...

No subversive person shall be eligible for employment in or appointment to any office or any position of trust or profit in the government of this state or ...

(a) Every person and every board, commission, council, department, or other agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof which appoints, employs, or supervises in any manner ...

(a) Every written statement made pursuant to this part by an applicant for appointment or employment or by any employee shall be deemed to have been made under ...

No person giving any information, whether by answering a questionnaire or otherwise, as provided in Code Section 16-11-13 shall be required to give any information or answer any ...

Any questionnaires or statements prepared as provided in Code Section 16-11-13 shall be filed at the place of employment rather than with a central state agency. ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

(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) 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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(a) A person commits the offense of a terroristic threat when he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence, to release any hazardous substance, as such ...

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to furnish or disseminate through a computer or computer network any picture, photograph, or drawing, or similar visual representation or ...

(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or ...

(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct when such person commits any of the following: (1) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner ...

(a) A person commits the offense of harassing phone calls if such person telephones another person repeatedly, whether or not conversation ensues, for the purpose of annoying, harassing, ...

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal defamation when, without a privilege to do so and with intent to defame another, living or dead, he communicates false ...

(a) A person who shall be and appear in an intoxicated condition in any public place or within the curtilage of any private residence not his own other ...

(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he fails to relinquish a telephone party line consisting of subscriber line telephone circuit with two or more main ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

(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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

(a) Application of part to law enforcement officers. Except only as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, nothing in this part shall apply to a duly ...

Any district attorney having jurisdiction over the prosecution of the crime under investigation or the Attorney General is authorized to make application for an order or an extension ...

Any investigative or law enforcement officer, specially designated in writing for such purpose by the Attorney General or by a district attorney, who reasonably determines that: ...

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, in the event that the Attorney General or a district attorney of the judicial circuit having jurisdiction over the emergency ...

(a) Nothing contained within Code Section 16-11-62 shall prohibit the employment and use of any equipment or device which is owned by any person or is furnished by ...

(a) Nothing in Code Section 16-11-62 shall prohibit a person from intercepting a wire, oral, or electronic communication where such person is a party to the communication or ...

(a) A law enforcement officer, a prosecuting attorney, or the Attorney General may require the disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications, as well as transactional records pertaining ...

No evidence obtained in a manner which violates any of the provisions of this part shall be admissible in any court of this state except to prove violations ...

Nothing contained within this part shall permit the introduction into evidence of any communication which is privileged by the laws of this state or by the decisions of ...

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, ...

For the purposes of this part, a person is engaged in the business of preparing federal or state income tax returns or assisting taxpayers in preparing such returns ...

It shall be unlawful for any person, including an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or any employee or agent thereof, to disclose any information obtained in ...

Contacting a taxpayer to obtain his written consent to disclosure does not constitute a violation of this part. ...

Any person violating the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...

(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when that person leaves in any place accessible to children any abandoned, unattended, or discarded container which has a compartment ...

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 ...

(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term: (1) 'Minor' means any person under the age of 18 years. (2) ...

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 ...

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when, without legal justification, he discharges a gun or pistol on or within 50 yards of a public highway or street. ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge a firearm on the property of another person, firm, or corporation without having first obtained permission ...

Reserved. ...

(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 ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Accelerant detection dog' means a dog trained to detect hydrocarbon substances. (2) 'Bomb ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Assistance dog' means a dog that is or has been trained by a licensed or ...

(a) Any person who while hunting wildlife uses a firearm or archery tackle in a manner to endanger the bodily safety of another person by consciously disregarding a ...

(a) It shall be unlawful during the pendency of such charges and any period of license revocation and ineligibility pursuant to Code Section 16-11-110 for any person charged ...

(a) Any hunting license of any person convicted of violating subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-108 or subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-109 shall by operation of law ...

(a)(1) As used in this Code section, the term 'anhydrous ammonia' means any substance identified to contain the compound ammonia which is capable of being utilized in the ...

This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act.' ...

As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Dangerous weapon' means any weapon commonly known as a 'rocket launcher,' 'bazooka,' or 'recoilless rifle' which fires ...

No person shall have in his possession any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer except as provided in Code Section 16-11-124. ...

A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of firearms or weapons when he or she knowingly has in his or her possession any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, ...

This part shall not apply to: (1) A peace officer of any duly authorized police agency of this state or of any political subdivision thereof, ...

In any complaint, accusation, or indictment and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of this part it shall not be necessary to negative any exception, ...

(a) A person commits the offense of carrying a concealed weapon when such person knowingly has or carries about his or her person, unless in an open manner ...

(a) Except as provided in Code Section 16-11-127.1, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he or she carries to or while at a public gathering any ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'School safety zone' means in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property owned ...

(a) A person commits the offense of carrying a pistol without a license when he has or carries on or about his person, outside of his home, motor ...

(a) Application for license; term. The judge of the probate court of each county may, on application under oath and on payment of a fee of $15.00, issue ...

(a) Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-128 shall not apply to or affect any of the following persons if such persons are employed in the offices listed below or ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Felony' means any offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or more ...

(a)(1) For the purposes of this Code section, the term 'pistol' or 'revolver' means a firearm of any description, loaded or unloaded, from which any shot, bullet, or ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Felony' means any offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or more ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm while: (1) Under the influence of alcohol or any drug or any combination ...

This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Antiterroristic Training Act.' ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'dangerous weapon' has the same meaning as found in paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-11-121. (b) ...

This part shall not apply to: (1) Any act of any peace officer which is performed in the lawful performance of official duties; ...

(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or to use a machine gun, sawed-off rifle, sawed-off shotgun, or a firearm equipped with a silencer, as ...

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local governing authority from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with this part