Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

16-11-41. Public drunkenness.

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

(a)
A person who shall be and appear in an intoxicated condition in any public place or within the curtilage of any private residence not his own other than by invitation of the owner or lawful occupant, which condition is made manifest by boisterousness, by indecent condition or act, or by vulgar, profane, loud, or unbecoming language, is guilty of a misdemeanor.#
(b)
This Code section shall not be construed to affect the powers delegated to counties or to municipal corporations to pass laws to punish drunkenness or disorderly conduct within their respective limits.#

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.

Code 1933, § 26-2607, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Intoxication as relieving person from criminal responsibility for actions, § 16-3-4. Driving under influence of alcohol, § 40-6-391.

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Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 797; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.