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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-6-7. Necrophilia.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-6-7. Necrophilia.

(a) A person commits the offense of necrophilia when he performs any sexual act with a dead human body involving the sex organs of the one and the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina of the other.

(b) A person convicted of the offense of necrophilia shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.

## History

Code 1933, § 26-2022, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 315, § 1.