Georgia Commons

Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 8. OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT · Article 3. CRIMINAL REPRODUCTION AND SALE OF RECORDED MATERIAL

16-8-61. Display of official rating on video movies.

Active

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

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term:#

    1. (1)

      ‘‘Official rating’’ means the official rating of a motion picture by the Classification and Rating Administration of the Motion Picture Association of America.#

    2. (2)

      ‘‘Video movie’’ means a videotape, video cassette, video disc, any prerecorded video display or visual depiction, any prerecorded device that can be converted to a visual depiction, or other reproduction or reconstruction of a motion picture.#

  2. (b)

    No person may sell, rent, loan, or otherwise disseminate or distribute for monetary consideration a video movie unless the official rating of the motion picture from which the video movie is copied is clearly and prominently displayed in boldface type on the outside of the cassette, case, jacket, or other covering containing the video movie. Such video movie shall be clearly and prominently marked as ‘‘not rated’’ if:#

    1. (1)

      The motion picture from which the video movie is copied has no official rating;#

    2. (2)

      The official rating of the motion picture from which the video movie is copied is not readily available to such person; or#

    3. (3)

      The video movie has been altered so that its content materially differs from the motion picture.#

  3. (c)

    Any person who violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00.#

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, § 16-8-61, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1384, § 1.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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, pages 452 to 453; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.

Answers come from this document. Not legal advice.