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O.C.G.A. § 16-10-27 — Transmitting false report of fire | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 16-10-27 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 10. Offenses Against Public Administration, 16-10-1 through 16-10-98.

ARTICLE 2 OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-10-27. Transmitting false report of fire.

A person who transmits in any manner to a fire department, public or private, or to any other group which is organized for the purpose of preventing or controlling fires a false report of a fire, knowing at the time that there is no reasonable ground for believing that such fire exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 373, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 26-2608, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

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- Validity and construction of statutes or ordinances imposing civil or criminal penalties on alarm system users, installers, or servicers for false alarms, 17 A.L.R.5th 825.

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