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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

35-1-13. Completion and transmission of reports from victims of identity fraud.

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  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any law enforcement agency that receives a report from a resident of this state that such person has been the victim of identity fraud shall prepare an incident report and transmit the same to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identity fraud repository, as provided in Code Section 16-9-123, notwithstanding the fact that such person’s identity may have been used solely to commit one or more criminal offenses beyond the jurisdiction of this state. Copies of such incident reports shall be referred from the office of the Attorney General to the Georgia Crime Information Center as provided in Chapter 3 of this title and to any jurisdiction in which such identity has been used.

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, § 35-1-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 4; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 25/SB 148.

Cross references

Identity fraud, § 16-9-120 et seq. Fraudulent driver’s license or identification card, § 40-5-125.

Law reviews

For note on the 2002 enactment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 81 (2002). For article, “The Growing Threat of Identity Theft and Its Implications for Employers,” see 11 Ga. St. B. J. 27 (2006).

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