Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 3. REGULATION OF SPECIALIZED LAND TRANSACTIONS · Article 1. GEORGIA LAND SALES ACT

44-3-7. Willful violation of article; effect on statutory or common-law right to punish violations; effect of article on Attorney General.

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(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both.#
(b)
Any person who shall willfully violate paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 44-3-5 or subsection (d) of Code Section 44-3-5 shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not less than one and not more than five years, or both.#
(c)
Nothing in this article shall limit any statutory or common-law right of the state to punish any person for violation of any provision of any law.#
(d)
Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the Attorney General from exercising any powers under Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 against any person.#

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. 1972, p. 638, § 18; Code 1981, § 44-3-27; Code 1981, § 44-3-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1431, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 33; Ga. L. 1990, p. 606, § 1; Code 1981, § 44-3-7, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1995, p. 993, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 33/SB 148.

Amendments

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “Attorney General” for “administrator appointed under Part 2 ofArticle 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10” in the middle of subsection (d).

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