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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 25. FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY · Chapter 10. REGULATION OF FIREWORKS

25-10-8. Criminal penalties for violations of chapter.

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

  1. (a)

    Any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership that violates Code Section 25-10-3.2 shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.#

  2. (b)

    Any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership that violates subsection (a) of Code Section 25-10-2 shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished pursuant to Code Section 16-7-23 and shall also be subject to a monetary penalty of not more than $10,000.00.#

  3. (c)

    Any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership that violates any other provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to monetary penalties as provided for in Code Section 25-10-9.#

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

Ga. L. 1955, p. 550, § 7; Ga. L. 1962, p. 11, § 6; Ga. L. 2003, p. 294, § 5; Ga. L. 2024, p. 945, § 10/SB 417, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, added subsection (b); redesignated former subsection (b) as subsection (c) and added “and shall be subject to monetary penalties as provided for in Code Section 25-10-9” at the end.

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

Text read from t25-t26-(v21)-pdf.pdf, Volume V21, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, page 40; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 dee9b563c5d6.