Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 9. FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES · Article 6. COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROTECTION · Part 1. COMPUTER CRIMES

16-9-94. Venue.

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

For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed:
(1)
In the county of the principal place of business in this state of the owner of a computer, computer network, or any part thereof;#
(2)
In any county in which any person alleged to have violated any provision of this article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation or of any books, records, documents, or property which were used in furtherance of the violation;#
(3)
In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of any transaction which violated this article; and#
(4)
In any county from which, to which, or through which any use of a computer or computer network was made, whether by wires, electromagnetic waves, microwaves, or any other means of communication.#

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 1981, § 16-9-94, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1045, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 16.

Venue generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II, Para. VI and § 17-2-2.

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

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, pages 553 to 554; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.