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title: Title 16, Chapter 6. Sexual Offenses
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id: code:chapter:16-6
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/16/chapter/6
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6.md
date: 2025
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heading: SEXUAL OFFENSES
title_heading: CRIMES AND OFFENSES
section_count: 31
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6.md?full=1
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# Title 16, Chapter 6. Sexual Offenses

Title 16. Crimes and Offenses

31 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 16-6-1, Rape, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-1.md
- 16-6-2, Sodomy; aggravated sodomy; medical expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-2.md
- 16-6-3, Statutory rape, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-3.md
- 16-6-4, Child molestation; aggravated child molestation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-4.md
- 16-6-5, Enticing a child for indecent purposes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-5.md
- 16-6-5.1, Improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent; consent not a defense; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-5.1.md
- 16-6-6, Bestiality, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-6.md
- 16-6-7, Necrophilia, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-7.md
- 16-6-8, Public indecency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-8.md
- 16-6-9, Prostitution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-9.md
- 16-6-10, Keeping a place of prostitution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-10.md
- 16-6-11, Pimping, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-11.md
- 16-6-12, Pandering, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-12.md
- 16-6-13, Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-13.md
- 16-6-13.1, Testing for sexually transmitted diseases required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-13.1.md
- 16-6-13.2, Civil forfeiture of motor vehicle, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-13.2.md
- 16-6-13.3, Civil forfeiture of proceeds and property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-13.3.md
- 16-6-14, Pandering by compulsion, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-14.md
- 16-6-15, Solicitation of sodomy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-15.md
- 16-6-16, Masturbation for hire, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-16.md
- 16-6-17, Giving massages in place used for lewdness, prostitution, assignation, or masturbation for hire, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-17.md
- 16-6-18, Fornication, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-18.md
- 16-6-19, Adultery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-19.md
- 16-6-20, Bigamy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-20.md
- 16-6-21, Marrying a bigamist, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-21.md
- 16-6-22, Incest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-22.md
- 16-6-22.1, Sexual battery; consent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-22.1.md
- 16-6-22.2, Aggravated sexual battery; consent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-22.2.md
- 16-6-23, Publication of name or identity of female raped or assaulted with intent to commit rape, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-23.md
- 16-6-24, Adoption of ordinances by counties and municipalities which proscribe loitering or related activities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-24.md
- 16-6-25, Harboring, concealing, or withholding information concerning a sexual offender; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/16-6-25.md