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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-9-101. Initiation of deceptive commercial e-mail.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-9-101. Initiation of deceptive commercial e-mail.

Any person who initiates a commercial e-mail that the person knew or should have known to be false or misleading that is sent from, passes through, or is received by a protected computer shall be guilty of the crime of initiation of deceptive commercial e-mail.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-9-101, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 199, § 4/SB 62.