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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-11-30. Riot.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-11-30. Riot.

(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.

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

## 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.