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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-9-125. County of offense.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-9-125. County of offense.

The General Assembly finds that identity fraud involves the use of identifying information which is uniquely personal to the consumer or business victim of that identity fraud and which information is considered to be in the lawful possession of the consumer or business victim wherever the consumer or business victim currently resides or is found. Accordingly, the fraudulent use of that information involves the fraudulent use of information that is, for the purposes of this article, found within the county where the consumer or business victim of the identity fraud resides or is found. Accordingly, in a proceeding under this article, the crime will be considered to have been committed in any county where the person whose means of identification or financial information was appropriated resides or is found, or in any county in which any other part of the offense took place, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually in such county.

## History

Code 1981, § 16-9-124, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 865, § 2; Code 1981, § 16-9-125, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 2.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 2, effective May 2, 2002, redesignated the former provisions of this Code section as Code Section 16-9-126.