---
title: O.C.G.A. § 16-9-125.1. Victim’s right to file report.
collection: code
id: 16-9-125.1
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 16-9-125.1 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-125.1
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-125.1.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-125.1/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=aecbfe9c_0#page=581
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-125.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-126.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CRIMES AND OFFENSES / FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES / IDENTITY FRAUD
---

# O.C.G.A. § 16-9-125.1. Victim’s right to file report.

(a) A person who has learned or reasonably believes that he or she has been the victim of identity fraud may contact the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over his or her actual residence for the purpose of making an incident report. The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the complainant’s residence shall make a report of the complaint and provide the complainant with a copy of the report. Where jurisdiction for the investigation and prosecution of the complaint lies with another agency, the law enforcement agency making the report shall forward a copy to the agency having such jurisdiction and shall advise the complainant that the report has been so forwarded.

(b) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed so as to interfere with the discretion of a law enforcement agency to allocate resources for the investigation of crimes. A report created pursuant to this Code section is not required to be counted as an open case file.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-9-125.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 450, § 5/SB 236.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2007, p. 450, § 1/SB 236, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Personal Identity Protection Act.’’’