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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 2. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

16-11-30. Riot.

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

  1. (a)

    Any two or more persons who shall do an unlawful act of violence or any other act in a violent and tumultuous manner commit the offense of riot.#

  2. (b)

    Any persons who violate subsection (a) of this Code section are guilty of a misdemeanor.#

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

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 811; Code 1863, § 4400; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 1; Code 1868, § 4441; Code 1873, § 4514; Code 1882, § 4514; Penal Code 1895, § 354; Penal Code 1910, § 360; Code 1933, § 26-5302; Code 1933, § 26-2601, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

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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 750; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.