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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS · Article 4. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Part 2. TRANSPORTATION PASSENGER SAFETY

16-12-124. Removal of baggage, freight, or other items transported by bus or stored in a terminal.

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

  1. (a)

    It shall be unlawful to remove any baggage, freight, container, or other item transported upon an aircraft, bus, or rail vehicle or stored in a terminal without consent of the owner of such property or the company or its duly authorized representative. Any person violating this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#

  2. (b)

    The actual value of an item removed in violation of this Code section shall not be material to the crime herein defined.#

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. 1978, p. 2238, § 4; Ga. L. 1988, p. 415, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 5.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Transportation Security Act of 2002.’”

Cross references

Carriage of baggage by carriers of passengers generally, §§ 46-9-136, 46-9-190 et seq.

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

Text read from t16-ch12-17-(v14b)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volume V14B, 2024 edition, page 157; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 36dbab616896.