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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 4. DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

16-11-100. Abandoning, discarding, or leaving unattended containers which lock or fasten automatically; abandoning or discarding motor vehicle which does not have door or window removed.

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

  1. (a)

    A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when that person leaves in any place accessible to children any abandoned, unattended, or discarded container which has a compartment of more than 1 1/2 cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside, without first removing the lid, door, or locking device from such container.#

  2. (b)

    A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when that person leaves in any place accessible to children any abandoned or discarded motor vehicle which does not have at least one door which can easily be opened from the inside or one door or window which has been removed.#

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.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 273, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 26-2911, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2552, § 1.

Law reviews

For note on 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 225 (1992).

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

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 846; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.