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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-13-16. Penalty for fraudulent levy.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-13-16. Penalty for fraudulent levy.

Any person who fraudulently causes any process, attachment, distress, or execution to be levied on any estrayed animal, lot of land, or other property, knowing that the same is not subject to the process or writ, shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent conviction, the person shall be sentenced to confinement for not less than two nor more than four years.

## History

Laws 1837, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 849, 850; Code 1863, § 4333; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 14; Code 1868, § 4369; Code 1873, § 4436; Code 1882, § 4436; Penal Code 1895, § 218; Penal Code 1910, § 215; Code 1933, § 39-9901.