O.C.G.A. § 16-7-97 (2019)
Fertilizers and pesticides
The provisions of this article shall not apply to:
(1) Fertilizers, propellant actuated devices, or propellant activated industrial tools manufactured, imported, distributed, or used for their intended purposes; or
(2) A pesticide which is manufactured, stored, transported, distributed, possessed, or used in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 2, the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 61 Stat. 163, as amended, and the federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-516, as amended.
History
(Code 1981, § 16-7-97, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 416, § 3.)
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CHAPTER 8 OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT
Article 1
Theft.
16-8-1. Definitions.
16-8-2. Theft by taking.
16-8-3. Theft by deception.
16-8-4. Theft by conversion.
16-8-5. Theft of services.
16-8-5.1. Circumstances permitting inference of intent to avoid payment; exceptions.
16-8-5.2. Retail property fencing; civil forfeiture; related matters.
16-8-6. Theft of lost or mislaid property.
16-8-7. Theft by receiving stolen property.
16-8-8. Theft by receiving property stolen in another state.
16-8-9. Theft by bringing stolen property into state.
16-8-10. Affirmative defenses to prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9.
16-8-11. Venue for purposes of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 and 16-8-13 through 16-8-15.
16-8-12. Penalties for theft in violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9.
16-8-13. Theft of trade secrets.
16-8-14. Theft by shoplifting.
16-8-14.1. Refund fraud.
16-8-15. Conversion of payments for real property improvements.
16-8-16. Theft by extortion.
16-8-17. Misuse of Universal Product Code labels.
16-8-18. Entering automobile or other motor vehicle with intent to commit theft or felony.
16-8-19. Conversion of leased personal property [Repealed].
16-8-20. Livestock theft.
16-8-21. Removal or abandonment of shopping carts.
16-8-22. Cargo theft.
16-8-23. Prohibited uses of fifth wheel.
Article 2
Robbery.
16-8-40. Robbery.
16-8-41. Armed robbery; robbery by intimidation; taking controlled substance from pharmacy in course of committing offense.
Article 3
Criminal Reproduction and Sale of Recorded Material.
16-8-60. Reproduction of recorded material; transfer, sale, distribution, circulation; civil forfeiture; restitution.
16-8-61. Display of official rating on video movies.
16-8-62. Film piracy prohibited; exceptions; penalty for violation.
Article 4
Motor Vehicle Chop Shops and Stolen and Altered Property.
16-8-80. Short title.
16-8-81. Legislative findings.
16-8-82. Definitions.
16-8-83. Owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop; penalty.
16-8-84. Seizure of personal property used or possessed in connection with violation of Code Section 16-8-83.
16-8-85. Civil forfeiture of personal property seized.
16-8-86. Civil action for violation of this article.
Article 5
Residential Mortgage Fraud.
16-8-100. Short title.
16-8-101. Definitions.
16-8-102. Residential mortgage fraud.
16-8-103. Venue.
16-8-104. Authority to investigate and prosecute for residential mortgage fraud.
16-8-105. Penalties.
16-8-106. Civil forfeiture.
Annotations
Cross references. - Theft of telecommunication services, § 46-5-2 et seq.
Law reviews. - For article advocating consolidation of the Georgia law of theft prior to enactment of the Criminal Code of 1968, see 12 Mercer L. Rev. 308 (1961). For article advocating consolidated theft statute in Georgia, see 23 Ga. B.J. 461 (1961). For annual survey article on local government law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 263 (1998).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Title of stolen article. - One charged with theft will not be heard to raise nice and delicate questions as to the title of the article stolen. Cline v. State, 153 Ga. App. 576, 266 S.E.2d 266 (1980).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. - Admissibility of evidence that one charged with burglary, larceny, or robbery was in possession of property not identified as part of that stolen, 3 A.L.R. 1213.
Larceny or embezzlement by appropriating money or proceeds of paper mistakenly delivered in excess of the amount due or intended, 14 A.L.R. 894.
Larceny: effect of participation by spouse of owner in, or consent to, taking of property, 14 A.L.R. 1271.
Conviction or acquittal of larceny as bar to prosecution for burglary, 19 A.L.R. 626.
Pendency in one county of charge of larceny as bar to subsequent charge in another county of offense which involves both felonious breaking and felonious taking of same property, 19 A.L.R. 636.
What amounts to asportation which will support charge of larceny, 19 A.L.R. 724; 144 A.L.R. 1383.
Appropriation of property after obtaining possession by fraud as larceny, 26 A.L.R. 381.
Larceny by finder of property, 36 A.L.R. 372.
Criminal liability of corporation for larceny, 59 A.L.R. 379.
Acceptance of defendant's note or other contractual obligation as affecting charge of embezzlement or larceny, 70 A.L.R. 208.
Misappropriation of executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee as embezzlement, 75 A.L.R. 299.
Appropriation or removal without payment of property delivered in expectation of immediate cash payment, as criminal offense, 83 A.L.R. 441.
Necessity of alleging and proving in prosecution for larceny, embezzlement, or receiving stolen property that "owner" of property, if not a natural person, was incorporated or otherwise a legal entity capable of owning property, 88 A.L.R. 485.
Larceny as affected by distinction between custody and possession, 125 A.L.R. 367.
Stolen money or property as subject of larceny or robbery, 80 A.L.R.2d 1435.
Larceny: entrapment or consent, 10 A.L.R.3d 1121.
Series of takings over a period of time as involving single or separate larcenies, 53 A.L.R.3d 398.
What constitutes "money" within coverage or exclusion of theft or other crime policy, 68 A.L.R.3d 1179.
Larceny as within disorderly conduct statute or ordinance, 71 A.L.R.3d 1156.
What conduct amounts to an overt act or acts done toward commission of larceny so as to sustain charge of attempt to commit larceny, 76 A.L.R.3d 842.
Antagonistic defenses as ground for separate trials of codefendants in criminal case, 82 A.L.R.3d 245.
Applicability of best evidence rule to proof of ownership of allegedly stolen personal property in prosecution for theft, 94 A.L.R.3d 824.
What constitutes such discriminatory prosecution or enforcement of laws as to provide valid defense in state criminal proceedings, 95 A.L.R.3d 280.
Coercion, compulsion, or duress as defense to charge of robbery, larceny, or related crime, 1 A.L.R.4th 481.
Bank officer's or employee's misapplication of funds as state criminal offense, 34 A.L.R.4th 547.
Criminal liability for theft of, interference with, or unauthorized use of, computer programs, files, or systems, 51 A.L.R.4th 971.
Cat as subject of larceny, 55 A.L.R.4th 1080.
Offense of obtaining telephone services by unauthorized use of another's telephone number - state cases, 61 A.L.R.4th 1197.
What constitutes theft within automobile theft insurance policy - modern cases, 67 A.L.R.4th 82.
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ARTICLE 1 THEFT
Cross references. - Restitution and distribution of profits to victims of crimes, T. 17, C. 14.