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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 10. INJURIES TO PERSONALTY

51-10-3. Abuse of or damage to personalty as trespass.

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  1. Any unlawful abuse of or damage done to the personal property of another constitutes a trespass for which damages may be recovered.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2968; Code 1868, § 2975; Code 1873, § 3029; Code 1882, § 3029; Civil Code 1895, § 3888; Civil Code 1910, § 4485; Code 1933, § 105-1703.

Law reviews

For comment, ‘‘The Abuse of Animals as a Method of Domestic Violence: The Need for Criminalization,’’ see 63 Emory L.J. 1163 (2014).

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

Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, page 766; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.