Georgia CommonsTitle 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 3. INVASIONS OF PRIVACY · Part 1. WIRETAPPING, EAVESDROPPING, SURVEILLANCE, AND RELATED OFFENSES
16-11-61. Peeping Toms.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to be a ‘‘peeping Tom’’ on or about the premises of another or to go about or upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a ‘‘peeping Tom.’’#
- (b)
As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘peeping Tom’’ means a person who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, on or about the premises of another for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of the persons spied upon and the doing of any other acts of a similar nature which invade the privacy of such persons.#
History
Ga. L. 1919, p. 386, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 26-2001, 26-2002; Ga. L. 1967, p. 844, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-3002, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.
Law reviews
For note, ‘‘Pedophilia, Exhibitionism, and Voyeurism: Legal Problems in the Deviant Society,’’ see 4 Ga. L. Rev. 149 (1969). For comment on Ellenberg v. Pinkerton’s, Inc., 125 Ga. App. 648, 188 S.E.2d 911 (1972), holding employer defendant may not use independent contractor defense to invasion of privacy suit resulting from actions of investigator working in his behalf, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 519 (1973).
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