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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 8. OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT · Article 1. THEFT

16-8-11. Venue for purposes of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 and 16-8-13 through 16-8-15.

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

  1. (a)

    In a prosecution under Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 and 16-8-13 through 16-8-15, the crime shall be considered as having been committed:#

    1. (1)

      In any county in which the accused exercised control over the property which was the subject of the theft; or#

    2. (2)

      If the subject of the theft involves the movement or transfer of digital or electronic money or currency, cryptocurrency, or other such forms of electronic or digital currency held in an account at a financial institution, the crime shall be considered as having been committed:#

      1. (A)

        In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation occurred; or#

      2. (B)

        In any county in which an alleged victim resides.#

  2. (b)

    In any prosecution under Code Section 16-8-4 in which there is a written rental agreement for personal property, the crime shall also be considered to have been committed in the county in which the accused signed the rental agreement.#

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, § 26-1811, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 841, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 650, § 2; Ga. L. 2023, p. 634, § 2/HB 219, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, rewrote this Code section, which read: “In a prosecution under Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 and 16-8-13 through 16-8-15, the crime shall be considered as having been committed in any county in which the accused exercised control over the property which was the subject of the theft. In addition, in any prosecution under Code Section 16-8-4 in which there is a written rental agreement for personal property, the crime shall also be considered to have been committed in the county in which the accused signed the rental agreement.”

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

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 32 to 33; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 9c8d97e7499f.