Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 8. OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT · Article 5. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FRAUD

16-8-103. 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 the county in which the residential property for which a mortgage loan is being sought is located;#
(2)
In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation;#
(3)
In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation;#
(4)
If a closing occurred, in any county in which the closing occurred; or#
(5)
In any county in which a document containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission is filed with the official registrar of deeds.#

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 1981, § 16-8-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.

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Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, pages 468 to 469; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.

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