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O.C.G.A. § 16-7-26 — Vandalism to a place of worship | Georgia Code
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TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 7. Damage to and Intrusion upon Property, 16-7-1 through 16-7-97.

ARTICLE 2 CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

16-7-26. Vandalism to a place of worship.

  1. A person commits the offense of vandalism to a place of worship when he maliciously defaces or desecrates a church, synagogue, or other place of public religious worship.
  2. A person convicted of the offense of vandalism to a place of worship shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.

(Ga. L. 1967, p. 457, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1505, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Validity and construction of statute or ordinance prohibiting desecration of church, 90 A.L.R.3d 1128.

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