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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 7. DAMAGE TO AND INTRUSION UPON PROPERTY · Article 2. CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

16-7-20. Possession of tools for the commission of crime.

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

  1. (a)

    A person commits the offense of possession of tools for the commission of crime when he has in his possession any tool, explosive, or other device commonly used in the commission of burglary, theft, or other crime with the intent to make use thereof in the commission of a crime.#

  2. (b)

    A person convicted of the offense of possession of tools for the commission of crime shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#

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. 1910, p. 135, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 26-2701; Code 1933, § 26-1602, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Law reviews

For annual survey on criminal law and procedure, 42 Mercer L. Rev. 141 (1990).

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

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 75; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.