O.C.G.A.
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.
(a) A person, including a masseur or masseuse, commits the offense of masturbation for hire when he erotically stimulates the genital organs of another, whether resulting in orgasm or not, by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse or by instrumental manipulation for money or the substantial equivalent thereof.
(b) A person committing the offense of masturbation for hire shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History
Code 1933, § 26-2021, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 402, § 1.
Annotations
Cross references. - Affirmative defense to certain sexual crimes, § 16-3-6.
Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Constitutional Criminal Litigation,’’ see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 993 (1981).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Contact or manipulation must be of genital organs and not other parts of the body. Harwell v. State, 237 Ga. 226, 227 S.E.2d 344 (1976). Agreement for exact amount of money not required. - Sexual massage was performed for money, even though agreement was not reached on exact price. Pak v. State, 206 Ga. App. 78, 424 S.E.2d 292 (1992). Sufficiency of charge. - Accusation referring to a ‘‘masturbation for hire’’ and
referencing O.C.G.A. § 16-6-16 sufficiently charged defendant. Pak v. State, 206 Ga. App. 78, 424 S.E.2d 292 (1992). Cited in Pace v. City of Atlanta, 135 Ga. App. 399, 218 S.E.2d 128 (1975); Whitehead v. Hasty, 235 Ga. App. 331, 219 S.E.2d 443 (1975); Fluker v. State, 248 Ga. 290, 282 S.E.2d 112 (1981); Pabey v. State, 262 Ga. App. 272, 585 S.E.2d 200 (2003); 2025 Highway, L.L.C. v. Bibb County, 377 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (M.D. Ga. 2005).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - White Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act) as affecting constitutionality or application of state statutes dealing with prostitution, 161 A.L.R. 356.
Regulation of masseurs, 17 A.L.R.2d 1183.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
7
cases, 1992–2010 · leading case:
Powell v. State, 510 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. 1998).
Powell v. State, 510 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. 1998).
· cites it 2× “…molestation); § 16-6-5 (enticing a child for indecent purposes); § 16-6-5.1 (sexual assault of prisoners, the institutionalized, and the patients of psychotherapists); § 16-6-6 (bestiality); § 16-6-7 (sexual assault of a dead human being); § 16-6-8 (public indecency); §§…”
Moser v. Richmond Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 428 S.E.2d 71 (Ga. 1993).
· cites it 2× “The county based the revocation on testimony from a deputy sheriff that Moser violated OCGA § 16-6-16. Moser filed a complaint seeking an injunction against the county.”
Flanigan's Enter., Inc. v. Fulton Cnty., Ga., 596 F.3d 1265 (11th Cir. 2010).
“See O.C.G.A. § 16-6-16(a) ("A person, including a masseur or masseuse, commits the offense of masturbation for hire when he erotically stimulates the genital organs of another, whether resulting in orgasm or not, by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse…”
In re Brooks, 449 S.E.2d 87 (Ga. 1994).
· cites it 2× “at (c); compare misdemeanor sexual offenses such as prostitution, OCGA § 16-6-9, masturbation for hire, OCGA § 16-6-16, and solicitation of sodomy of an adult, OCGA § 16-6-13 (a).”
Pabey v. State, 585 S.E.2d 200 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 2× “It is, in fact, codified as a separate offense, OCGA § 16-6-16, which is not a predicate act under RICO.”
Pak v. State, 424 S.E.2d 292 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992).
· cites it 4× “The statute at issue here is OCGA § 16-6-16 (a), which provides: “A person, including a masseur or masseuse, commits the offense of masturbation for hire when he erotically stimulates the genital organs of another, whether resulting in orgasm or not, by manual or other bodily…”
— 16-6-16(a) — 1 case
Flanigan's Enter., Inc. v. Fulton Cnty., Ga., 596 F.3d 1265 (11th Cir. 2010).
“See O.C.G.A. § 16-6-16(a) ("A person, including a masseur or masseuse, commits the offense of masturbation for hire when he erotically stimulates the genital organs of another, whether resulting in orgasm or not, by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse…”
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