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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-10-73. Impersonating another in the acknowledgment of recognizance, bail, or judgment.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-10-73. Impersonating another in the acknowledgment of recognizance, bail, or judgment.

Any person except an attorney of record who shall acknowledge or cause to be acknowledged, in any of the courts of the state or before any authorized officer, any recognizance, bail, or judgment in the name of any person not privy or consenting thereto commits the offense of impersonating in a legal proceeding and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.

## History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 806; Code 1863, § 4369; Code 1868, § 4407; Code 1873, § 4475; Code 1882, § 4475; Penal Code 1895, § 305; Penal Code 1910, § 310; Code 1933, § 26-4301; Code 1933, § 26-2404, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.