Georgia Code, Title 16, Chapter 6 - Sexual Offenses
- § 16-6-1 - Rape
(a) A person commits the offense of rape when he has carnal knowledge of: (1) A female forcibly and against her will; or (2)...
- § 16-6-2 - Sodomy; Aggravated Sodomy; Medical Expenses
(a) (1) A person commits the offense of sodomy when he or she performs or submits to any sexual act involving the sex organs...
- § 16-6-3 - Statutory Rape
(a) A person commits the offense of statutory rape when he or she engages in sexual intercourse with any person under the age of...
- § 16-6-4 - Child Molestation; Aggravated Child Molestation
(a) A person commits the offense of child molestation when such person: (1) Does any immoral or indecent act to or in the presence...
- § 16-6-5 - Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes
(a) A person commits the offense of enticing a child for indecent purposes when he or she solicits, entices, or takes any child under...
- § 16-6-5.1 - Sexual Assault by Persons With Supervisory or Disciplinary Authority; Sexual Assault by Practitioner of Psychotherapy Against Patient; Consent Not a Defense; Penalty Upon Conviction for Sexual Assault
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Actor" means a person accused of sexual assault. (2) "Intimate parts" means the genital...
- § 16-6-6 - Bestiality
(a) A person commits the offense of bestiality when he performs or submits to any sexual act with an animal involving the sex organs...
- § 16-6-7 - Necrophilia
(a) A person commits the offense of necrophilia when he performs any sexual act with a dead human body involving the sex organs of...
- § 16-6-8 - Public Indecency
(a) A person commits the offense of public indecency when he or she performs any of the following acts in a public place: (1)...
- § 16-6-9 - Prostitution
A person commits the offense of prostitution when he or she performs or offers or consents to perform a sexual act, including but not...
- § 16-6-10 - Keeping a Place of Prostitution
A person having or exercising control over the use of any place or conveyance which would offer seclusion or shelter for the practice of...
- § 16-6-11 - Pimping
A person commits the offense of pimping when he or she performs any of the following acts: (1) Offers or agrees to procure a...
- § 16-6-12 - Pandering
A person commits the offense of pandering when he or she solicits a person to perform an act of prostitution in his or her...
- § 16-6-13 - Penalties for Violating Code Sections 16-6-9 Through 16-6-12
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Code Sections...
- § 16-6-13.1 - Testing for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Required
(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...
- § 16-6-13.2 - Civil Forfeiture of Motor Vehicle
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 40-1-1.(b) Any...
- § 16-6-13.3 - Civil Forfeiture of Proceeds and Property.
(a) As used in this Code section, the terms "proceeds" and "property" shall have the same meanings as set forth in Code Section 9-16-2.(b)...
- § 16-6-14 - Pandering by Compulsion
A person commits the offense of pandering by compulsion when he or she by duress or coercion causes a person to perform an act...
- § 16-6-15 - Solicitation of Sodomy
(a) A person commits the offense of solicitation of sodomy when he solicits another to perform or submit to an act of sodomy. Except...
- § 16-6-16 - Masturbation for Hire
(a) A person, including a masseur or masseuse, commits the offense of masturbation for hire when he erotically stimulates the genital organs of another,...
- § 16-6-17 - Giving Massages in Place Used for Lewdness, Prostitution, Assignation, or Masturbation for Hire
(a) It shall be unlawful for any masseur or masseuse to massage any person in any building, structure, or place used for the purpose...
- § 16-6-18 - Fornication
An unmarried person commits the offense of fornication when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with another person and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished...
- § 16-6-19 - Adultery
A married person commits the offense of adultery when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with a person other than his spouse and, upon conviction...
- § 16-6-20 - Bigamy
(a) A person commits the offense of bigamy when he, being married and knowing that his lawful spouse is living, marries another person or...
- § 16-6-21 - Marrying a Bigamist
(a) An unmarried man or woman commits the offense of marrying a bigamist when he marries a person whom he knows to be the...
- § 16-6-22 - Incest
(a) A person commits the offense of incest when such person engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy, as such term is defined in Code...
- § 16-6-22.1 - Sexual Battery
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term "intimate parts" means the primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, or buttocks of...
- § 16-6-22.2 - Aggravated Sexual Battery
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term "foreign object" means any article or instrument other than the sexual organ of a...
- § 16-6-23 - Publication of Name or Identity of Female Raped or Assaulted With Intent to Commit Rape
(a) It shall be unlawful for any news media or any other person to print and publish, broadcast, televise, or disseminate through any other...
- § 16-6-24 - Adoption of Ordinances by Counties and Municipalities Which Proscribe Loitering or Related Activities
Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any county or municipality from adopting ordinances which proscribe loitering or related activities in public for the...
- § 16-6-25 - Harboring, Concealing, or Withholding Information Concerning a Sexual Offender; Penalties
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "law enforcement unit" means any agency, organ, or department of this state, or a subdivision...
Last modified: October 14, 2016