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Título 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Capítulo 8. OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT · Artículo 1. THEFT

16-8-20. Livestock theft.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    A person commits the offense of livestock theft when he unlawfully takes or, being in lawful possession thereof, unlawfully appropriates any livestock of another with the intention of depriving the owner of such livestock.#

  2. (b)

    For the purposes of this Code section, the term “livestock” means horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, rabbits, and any domestic animal produced as food for human consumption.#

  3. (c)

    Any person committing the offense of livestock theft shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than 15 years and by a fine of $10,000.00; provided, however, that, if the fair market value of the livestock taken or appropriated is $100.00 or less, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.#

  4. (d)

    For the purposes of this Code section, if any livestock is killed or mutilated and a portion thereof taken, the value of the whole animal while alive or his entire carcass, whichever is greater, shall be considered for the purpose of distinguishing between a misdemeanor offense and a felony offense.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1933, § 26-1817, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 1006, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 10; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 7/SB 364; Ga. L. 2024, p. 475, § 3/HB 827, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, in subsection (c), substituted “shall be guilty of” for “commits”, “two nor more than 15 years” for “one nor more than ten years”, and “$10,000.00” for “$1,000.00”, and added “of a high and aggravated nature” at the end.

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V14A, edición 2018, suplemento de 2025, páginas 43 a 44; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo 9c8d97e7499f.