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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-3-54. Penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-3-54. Penalty.

Any person who intentionally violates Code Section 12-3-52 or who intentionally defaces, injures, destroys, displaces, or removes an object or site of archeological or historical value located on areas as designated in Code Section 12-3-52 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 993, § 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 906, § 3.