Georgia Code, Title 16, Chapter 11, Article 2 - Offenses Against Public Order
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 16-11-34 - Preventing or Disrupting Lawful Meetings, Gatherings, or Processions
(a) A person who recklessly or knowingly commits any act which may reasonably be expected to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, gathering, or...
- § 16-11-34.1 - Preventing or Disrupting General Assembly Sessions or Other Meetings of Members; Unlawful Activities Within the State Capitol or Certain Capitol Square Buildings
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person recklessly or knowingly to commit any act which may reasonably be expected to prevent or disrupt...
- § 16-11-34.2 - Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct At Any Funeral or Memorial Service
(a) The General Assembly declares that the interest of persons in planning, participating in, and attending a funeral or memorial service for a deceased...
- § 16-11-35 - Removal From Campus or Facility of Unit of University System or School; Failure to Leave
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Chief administrative officer," in the case of a public school, means the principal of...
- § 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...
- § 16-11-37 - Terroristic Threats and Acts; Penalties
(a) A person commits the offense of a terroristic threat when he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence, to release any...
- § 16-11-37.1 - Dissemination of Information Relating to Terroristic Acts
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to furnish or disseminate through a computer or computer network any picture, photograph, drawing, or similar...
- § 16-11-38 - Wearing Mask, Hood, or Device Which Conceals Identity of Wearer
(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is...
- § 16-11-39 - Disorderly Conduct
(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct when such person commits any of the following: (1) Acts in a violent or tumultuous...
- § 16-11-39.1 - Harassing Communications; Venue; Separate Offenses; Impact on Free Speech
(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...
- § 16-11-39.2 - Unlawful Conduct During 9-1-1 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...
- § 16-11-40 - Criminal Defamation
Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, ยง 3-1/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.
- § 16-11-40.1 - Definitions; Identification of Minors; Criminal Offense
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Minor" means an individual who is under the age of 18 years. (2) "Nudity"...
- § 16-11-41 - Public Drunkenness
(a) A person who shall be and appear in an intoxicated condition in any public place or within the curtilage of any private residence...
- § 16-11-42 - Refusal to Relinquish Telephone Party Line in Case of Emergency; False Request on Party Line As to Emergency; Warning Printed in Telephone Books
(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he fails to relinquish a telephone party line consisting of subscriber line telephone circuit with...
- § 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...
- § 16-11-44 - Maintaining a 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...
- § 16-11-45 - Use of Laser Against 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...
Last modified: October 14, 2016