Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 5B. DECEPTIVE, FRAUDULENT, OR ABUSIVE TELEMARKETING

10-5B-6. Criminal and civil penalties; right to punish under other laws not limited.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as described under subparagraph (a)(5)(A) of Code Section 16-8-12.#
(b)
Any person who suffers injury or damages as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring an action and may recover under Code Section 10-1-399, relating to private rights of action.#
(c)
Any person who intentionally targets an elder or disabled person, as defined in Article 31 of Chapter 1 of this title, in a violation of this chapter shall be subject to double the applicable civil and criminal penalties for such violation or offense.#
(d)
Nothing in this chapter shall limit any statutory or common-law right of the state to punish any person for violation of any law.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 10-5B-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 536, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 231, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 10.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a misspelling of the word “defined” in subsection (c) was corrected.

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