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2018 Georgia Code 16-8-21 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 16-8-21 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 16-8-21

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

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

ARTICLE 1 THEFT

16-8-21. Removal or abandonment of shopping carts.

  1. As used in this Code section, the term "shopping cart" means those pushcarts of the type which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drugstores, or other merchant stores or markets for the use of the public in transporting commodities in stores and markets and incidentally from the store to a place outside the store.
  2. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a shopping cart from the premises of the owner of such shopping cart without the consent, given at the time of such removal, of the owner or of his or her agent, servant, or employee. For the purpose of this Code section, the premises shall include all the parking area set aside by the owner or on behalf of the owner for the parking of cars for the convenience of the patrons of the owner.
  3. It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a shopping cart upon any public street, sidewalk, way, or parking lot other than a parking lot on the premises of the owner.
  4. Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 848, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 162, § 1/HB 1093.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- What amounts to asportation which will support charge of larceny, 19 A.L.R. 724; 144 A.L.R. 1383.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 16-8-21

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Lucky v. State, 689 S.E.2d 825 (Ga. 2010).

Cited 56 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 8, 2010 | 286 Ga. 478, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 343

...Walker, supra, 281 Ga. at 215, 636 S.E.2d 530. [5] Armed robbery (OCGA § 16-8-41) requires an intent to rob, the use of an offensive weapon, and the taking of property from the person or presence of another. Aggravated assault with intent to rob (OCGA § 16-8-21(a)) requires an assault upon the victim, with the intent to rob....