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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 13. FAMILY VIOLENCE · Article 2. FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTERS

19-13-23. Confidentiality of location of family violence shelter; exceptions.

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

  1. (a)

    Any person who knowingly publishes, disseminates, or otherwise discloses the location of a family violence shelter is guilty of a misdemeanor.#

  2. (b)

    This Code section shall not apply to:#

    1. (1)

      Confidential communications between a client and his or her attorney; or#

    2. (2)

      Instances when such publication, dissemination, or disclosure is authorized by the director of the shelter.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 19-13-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1543, § 2.

Law reviews

For article commenting on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 151 (1997).

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

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, pages 1298 to 1299; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.