O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-7-27 (2019)

Injuring, tearing down, or destroying mailboxes; injuring, defacing, or destroying mail

✓ 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 person willfully or maliciously to injure, tear down, or destroy any mailbox or receptacle intended or used for the receipt or delivery of mail or willfully or maliciously to injure, deface, or destroy any mail deposited therein.

(b) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Code 1933, § 26-1508, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 619, § 1.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,’’ see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001). RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 72 C.J.S., Postal Service and Offenses Against Postal Laws, § 81.