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title: O.C.G.A. § 33-1-9.1. Crimes of staging a collision or filing a fraudulent claim; penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 33-1-9.1. Crimes of staging a collision or filing a fraudulent claim; penalty.

(a) A person shall be guilty of the crime of staging a collision when, with intent to commit insurance fraud as defined in Code Section 33-1-9, such person does any of the following:

(1) Intentionally causes or attempts to cause a motor vehicle collision; or

(2) Engages in a scheme to fabricate evidence of a motor vehicle collision that did not occur.

Staging a collision shall constitute a felony punishable by no less than one year nor more than five years’ imprisonment.

(b) A person shall be guilty of the crime of aggravated staging of a collision when, with intent to commit insurance fraud as defined in Code Section 33-1-9, such person commits acts in violation of subsection (a) of this Code section which result in serious personal injury to another. Aggravated staging of a collision shall constitute a felony punishable by no less than two years nor more than ten years’ imprisonment.

(c) A person shall be guilty of the crime of making a fraudulent claim related to a staged collision when such person makes, or assists in making, a claim for insurance benefits of any type or brings, or assists in bringing, a civil lawsuit against another seeking monetary damages with knowledge that the injuries for which insurance benefits or monetary damages are sought resulted from a staged collision, or seeks to obtain any benefit to which such claimant is not legally entitled. Making a fraudulent claim related to a staged collision shall constitute a felony and shall be punishable by no less than one year nor more than five years’ imprisonment.

## History

Code 1981, § 33-1-9.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 147, § 1/HB 353; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 33/SB 429; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 33/HB 497.

## Cross References

Grants for enforcement of motor vehicle related statutes, § 35-6A-16.

## Amendments

The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “five years’ imprisonment” for “five years imprisonment” in the ending undesignated language of subsection (a), and at the end of subsection (c); and substituted “ten years’ imprisonment” for “ten years imprisonment” at the end of subsection (b).