--- title: Title 16, Chapter 9. Forgery and Fraudulent Practices collection: code id: code:chapter:16-9 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/16/chapter/9 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9.md 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.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-8.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-10.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES title_heading: CRIMES AND OFFENSES section_count: 78 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9.md?full=1 --- # Title 16, Chapter 9. Forgery and Fraudulent Practices Title 16. Crimes and Offenses 78 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 16-9-1, Forgery; classification of forgery offenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-1.md - 16-9-2, Penalties for forgery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-2.md - 16-9-3, ‘‘Writing’’ defined, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-3.md - 16-9-4, Manufacturing, selling, or distributing false identification document; civil forfeiture; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-4.md - 16-9-5, Counterfeit or false proof of insurance document, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-5.md - 16-9-6, Punishment for fiduciary in violation of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-6.md - 16-9-20, Deposit account fraud, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-20.md - 16-9-21, Printing, executing, or negotiating checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts knowing information thereon to be in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-21.md - 16-9-30, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-30.md - 16-9-31, Financial transaction card theft, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-31.md - 16-9-32, Forgery of financial transaction card, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-32.md - 16-9-33, Financial transaction card fraud, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-33.md - 16-9-34, Criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-34.md - 16-9-35, Criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-35.md - 16-9-36, Rebuttable presumption of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-36.md - 16-9-36.1, Criminal factoring of financial transaction card records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-36.1.md - 16-9-37, Unauthorized use of financial transaction card; misuse of government issued cards, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-37.md - 16-9-38, Punishment and penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-38.md - 16-9-39, Publication of information regarding schemes, devices, means, or methods for financial transaction card fraud or theft of telecommunication services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-39.md - 16-9-40, Venue determinations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-40.md - 16-9-50, Deceptive business practices, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-50.md - 16-9-51, Destruction, removal, concealment, encumbrance, or transfer of property subject to security interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-51.md - 16-9-52, Improper solicitation of money, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-52.md - 16-9-53, Damaging, destroying, or secreting property to defraud another, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-53.md - 16-9-54, False statements by telephone solicitors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-54.md - 16-9-55, Fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain public housing or reduction in public housing rent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-55.md - 16-9-56, Fraudulent attempts to obtain refunds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-56.md - 16-9-57, False representation as representative of peace officer organization or fire service organization, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-57.md - 16-9-58, Failing to pay for natural products or chattels, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-58.md - 16-9-59, Operation of credit repair services organization, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-59.md - 16-9-60, ‘‘Foreclosure fraud’’ construed; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-60.md - 16-9-61, Misrepresenting the origin or ownership of timber or agricultural commodities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-61.md - 16-9-62, Crimes utilizing automated sales suppression devices, zapper, or phantom-ware; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-62.md - 16-9-63, False representation as veteran, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-63.md - 16-9-70, Criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-70.md - 16-9-71, Removal of collars or identifying items or marks on animals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-71.md - 16-9-90, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-90.md - 16-9-91, Legislative findings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-91.md - 16-9-92, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-92.md - 16-9-93, Computer crimes defined; exclusivity of article; civil remedies; criminal penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-93.md - 16-9-93.1, Misleading transmittal and use of individual name, trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol over computer or telephone network; criminal penalty; civil remedies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-93.1.md - 16-9-94, Venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-94.md - 16-9-100, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-100.md - 16-9-101, Initiation of deceptive commercial e-mail, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-101.md - 16-9-102, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-102.md - 16-9-103, Venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-103.md - 16-9-104, Jurisdiction for prosecutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-104.md - 16-9-105, Civil actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-105.md - 16-9-106, Violations as separate offenses; construction with other laws; e-mail policies of service providers not limited or restricted, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-106.md - 16-9-107, No cause of action against service providers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-107.md - 16-9-108, Investigative and subpoena powers of district attorneys and the Attorney General, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-108.md - 16-9-109, Disclosures by service providers pursuant to investigations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-109.md - 16-9-109.1, Fraudulent business practices using Internet or e-mail; definitions; penalties and sanctions; immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-109.1.md - 16-9-110, Sale or transfer of new motor vehicles not manufactured in compliance with federal standards, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-110.md - 16-9-111, Importation, manufacture, selling, offering for sale, installation, or reinstallation of counterfeit, nonfunctional, and such other types of air bags, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-111.md - 16-9-120, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-120.md - 16-9-121, Elements of offense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-121.md - 16-9-121.1, Offense of aggravated identity fraud, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-121.1.md - 16-9-122, Attempting or conspiring to commit offense; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-122.md - 16-9-123, Investigations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-123.md - 16-9-124, Prosecutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-124.md - 16-9-125, County of offense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-125.md - 16-9-125.1, Victim’s right to file report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-125.1.md - 16-9-126, Penalty for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-126.md - 16-9-127, Authority of Attorney General, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-127.md - 16-9-128, Exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-128.md - 16-9-129, Actual and punitive damages available to business victim, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-129.md - 16-9-130, Damages available to consumer victim; no defense that others engage in comparable practices; service of complaint, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-130.md - 16-9-131, Criminal prosecution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-131.md - 16-9-132, Article cumulative and not exclusive, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-132.md - 16-9-150, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-150.md - 16-9-151, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-151.md - 16-9-152, Spyware, browsers, hijacks, and other software prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-152.md - 16-9-153, E-mail virus distribution, denial of service attacks, and other conduct prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-153.md - 16-9-154, Inducement to install, copy, or execute software through misrepresentation prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-154.md - 16-9-155, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-155.md - 16-9-156, Exceptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-156.md - 16-9-157, Legislative findings and preemption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-9-157.md