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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

16-7-24. Interference with government property.

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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 interference with government property when he destroys, damages, or defaces government property and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#

  2. (b)

    A person commits the offense of interference with government property when he forcibly interferes with or obstructs the passage into or from government property and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.#

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

Code 1933, § 26-2613, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Cross references

Destruction or defacement of county buildings or other property, § 36-9-11. Damaging or destroying of military property by persons subject to Georgia Code of Military Justice, § 38-2-1108. Defacing or injuring capitol building, property therein, or capitol grounds, § 50-16-5.

Law reviews

For survey article on constitutional law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 53 (1982). For article, ‘‘Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,’’ see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001).

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

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