TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 8. Offenses Involving Theft, 16-8-1 through 16-8-106.

ARTICLE 5 RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FRAUD

16-8-103. Venue.

For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed:

1. In the county in which the residential property for which a mortgage loan is being sought is located;
2. In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation;
3. In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation;
4. If a closing occurred, in any county in which the closing occurred; or
5. In any county in which a document containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission is filed with the official registrar of deeds.

(Code 1981, §16-8-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.)