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

16-8-7. Theft by receiving stolen 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 theft by receiving stolen property when he receives, disposes of, or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was stolen unless the property is received, disposed of, or retained with intent to restore it to the owner. ‘‘Receiving’’ means acquiring possession or control or lending on the security of the property.#

  2. (b)

    In any prosecution under this Code section it shall not be necessary to show a conviction of the principal thief.#

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

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 807, 808; Code 1863, §§ 4382, 4383; Code 1868, §§ 4420, 4421; Code 1873, §§ 4488, 4489; Code 1882, §§ 4488, 4489; Penal Code 1895, §§ 171, 172; Penal Code 1910, §§ 168, 169; Code 1933, §§ 26-2620, 26-2621; Ga. L. 1961, p. 118, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1806, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 857, § 4.

Law reviews

For survey article on criminal law and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (1982). For annual survey of criminal law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 129 (1986). For comment on Gaskins v. State, 119 Ga. App. 593, 168 S.E.2d 183 (1969), see 22 Mercer L. Rev. 481 (1971).

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Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, pages 247 to 248; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.