Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

16-8-8. Theft by receiving property stolen in another state.

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A person commits the offense of theft by receiving property stolen in another state when he receives, disposes of, or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was stolen in another state, unless the property is received, disposed of, or retained with intent to restore it to the owner.

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

Ga. L. 1918, p. 272, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-2623; Code 1933, § 26-1816, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 841, § 2.

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For survey article on criminal law and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (1982).

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