O.C.G.A.

10-5B-6 (2019)

Criminal and civil penalties; right to punish under other laws not limited

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as described under subparagraph (a)(5)(A) of Code Section

(b) Any person who suffers injury or damages as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring an action and may recover under Code Section 10-1-399, relating to private rights of action.

(c) Any person who intentionally targets an elder or disabled person, as defined in Article 31 of Chapter 1 of this title, in a violation of this chapter shall be subject to double the applicable civil and criminal penalties for such violation or offense.

(d) Nothing in this chapter shall limit any statutory or common-law right of the state to punish any person for violation of any law.

History

Code 1981, § 10-5B-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 536, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 231, § 3; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 10.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a misspelling of the word “defined” in subsection (c) was corrected.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: Williams Gen. Corp. v. Stone, 632 S.E.2d 376 (Ga. 2006).

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Williams Gen. Corp. v. Stone, 632 S.E.2d 376 (Ga. 2006). · cites it 2× “, OCGA § 7-3-29 (providing a private cause of action for violations of the Georgia Industrial Loan Act), OCGA § 16-8-86 (providing a private cause of action for violations of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Chop Shops and Stolen and Altered Property Act), OCGA § 16-9-93 (g) (providing…”

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