O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-8-105 (2019)

Penalties

✓ 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) Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.

(b) If a violation of this article involves engaging or participating in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud or a conspiracy or endeavor to engage or participate in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud, said violation shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than 20 years, by a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.

(c) Each residential property transaction subject to a violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense and shall not merge with any other crimes set forth in this title.

History

(Code 1981, § 16-8-105, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in State v. Corhen, 306 Ga. App. 495, 700 S.E.2d 912 (2010).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: State v. Corhen, 700 S.E.2d 912 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010).

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State v. Corhen, 700 S.E.2d 912 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 8× “” This language suggests that the State may have intended to charge Corhen, Dewitt and Davis with participating in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud 7 pursuant to OCGA § 16-8-105 (b). 8 Pretermitting whether the language at issue is even sufficient to charge Corhen, Dewitt…”

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