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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-10-27. Transmitting false report of fire.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-10-27. Transmitting false report of fire.

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 controlling fires a false report of a fire, knowing at the time that there is no reasonable ground for believing that such fire exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 373, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 26-2608, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.