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title: Title 16, Chapter 5. Crimes Against the Person
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heading: CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
title_heading: CRIMES AND OFFENSES
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# Title 16, Chapter 5. Crimes Against the Person

Title 16. Crimes and Offenses

50 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 16-5-1, Murder; malice murder; felony murder; murder in the second degree, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-1.md
- 16-5-2, Voluntary manslaughter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-2.md
- 16-5-3, Involuntary manslaughter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-3.md
- 16-5-3.1, Aggravated involuntary manslaughter for fentanyl overdose death, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-3.1.md
- 16-5-4, Time elapsed between injury and death, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-4.md
- 16-5-5, Assisted suicide; notification of licensing board regarding violation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-5.md
- 16-5-19, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-19.md
- 16-5-20, Simple assault, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-20.md
- 16-5-21, Aggravated assault, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-21.md
- 16-5-22, Conviction of assault with intent to commit a crime if intended crime actually committed, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-22.md
- 16-5-23, Simple battery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-23.md
- 16-5-23.1, Battery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-23.1.md
- 16-5-24, Aggravated battery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-24.md
- 16-5-25, Opprobrious or abusive language as justification for simple assault or simple battery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-25.md
- 16-5-26, Publication of second or subsequent conviction of simple assault, simple battery, or battery; cost of publication; good faith publications immune from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-26.md
- 16-5-27, Female genital mutilation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-27.md
- 16-5-28, Assault on an unborn child, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-28.md
- 16-5-29, Battery of an unborn child, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-29.md
- 16-5-40, Kidnapping, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-40.md
- 16-5-41, False imprisonment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-41.md
- 16-5-42, False imprisonment under color of legal process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-42.md
- 16-5-43, Malicious confinement of sane person in an asylum, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-43.md
- 16-5-44, Hijacking an aircraft, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-44.md
- 16-5-44.1, Hijacking a motor vehicle, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-44.1.md
- 16-5-45, Interference with custody, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-45.md
- 16-5-46, Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-46.md
- 16-5-47, Posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in businesses and on internet, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-47.md
- 16-5-60, Reckless conduct causing harm to or endangering the bodily safety of another; conduct by HIV infected persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-60.md
- 16-5-61, Hazing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-61.md
- 16-5-70, Cruelty to children, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-70.md
- 16-5-71, Tattooing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-71.md
- 16-5-71.1, Piercing of the body, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-71.1.md
- 16-5-72, Reckless abandonment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-72.md
- 16-5-73, Prohibition against presence of children during manufacture of methamphetamine; punishment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-73.md
- 16-5-80, Feticide; voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-80.md
- 16-5-90, Stalking; psychological evaluation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-90.md
- 16-5-91, Aggravated stalking, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-91.md
- 16-5-92, Applicability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-92.md
- 16-5-93, Right of victim to notification of release or escape of stalker, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-93.md
- 16-5-94, Restraining orders; protective orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-94.md
- 16-5-95, Violation of civil family violence order, dating violence order, or criminal family violence order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-95.md
- 16-5-96, Publication of second or subsequent conviction of stalking or aggravated stalking; cost of publication; good faith publications immune from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-96.md
- 16-5-100, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-100.md
- 16-5-101, Neglect to a disabled adult, elder person, or resident, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-101.md
- 16-5-102, Exploitation and intimidation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents; obstruction of investigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-102.md
- 16-5-102.1, Trafficking of a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-102.1.md
- 16-5-103, Exceptions to criminal liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-103.md
- 16-5-104, Venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-104.md
- 16-5-105, Applicability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-105.md
- 16-5-110, Publication of notice; information required; assessment for cost; immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-5-110.md