O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-6-17 (2019)

Giving massages in place used for lewdness, prostitution, assignation, or masturbation for hire

✓ 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) It shall be unlawful for any masseur or masseuse to massage any person in any building, structure, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, prostitution, or masturbation for hire.

(b) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) ‘‘Masseur’’ means a male who practices massage or physiotherapy, or both.

(2) ‘‘Masseuse’’ means a female who practices massage or physiotherapy, or both.

History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 402, § 3.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Regulation of masseurs, 17 A.L.R.2d 1183.