Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 5. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON · Article 8. PROTECTION OF ELDER PERSONS

16-5-104. Venue.

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

For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed:
(1)
In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation; or#
(2)
In any county in which any alleged victim resides.#

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 1981, § 16-5-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 598, § 1-3/HB 72.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 598, § 1-3/HB 72, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 16-5-104 as present Code Section 16-5-105.

For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 63 (2015).

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