Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 9. FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES · Article 4. FRAUD AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-9-56. Fraudulent attempts to obtain refunds.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to give a false or fictitious name, address, or telephone number as that person’s own or to give the name, address, or telephone number of any other person without that other person’s knowledge and approval for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain a refund for merchandise returned to a business establishment or a refund on a ticket or other document which is evidence of a service purchased from a business establishment, which service is yet to be performed.#
(b)
Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

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.

Code 1933, § 26-1709, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 490, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1985, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 850, § 1.

For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 114 (1994).

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Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 532; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.