O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-9-54 (2019)

False statements by telephone solicitors

✓ 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) In making a telephone solicitation for the purpose of the sale of goods or services or for the purpose of seeking charitable contributions, it shall be unlawful for any person to make false statements regarding the purpose of the solicitation, the person or persons represented by the solicitor, or the person or persons benefiting from the solicitation.

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

History

(Code 1933, § 26-1710, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 601, § 1.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Regulation of professional fund raisers and professional solicitors, T. 43, C. 17. Use of telephone to

transmit obscene, lewd, or other inappropriate communications for commercial purposes, § 46-5-22.

FORGERY & FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - When statute of limitations begins to run against criminal prosecution for embezzlement, fraud, false pretenses, or similar crimes, 77 A.L.R.3d 689.

Validity, construction, and application of state statute or law pertaining to telephone solicitation, 44 A.L.R.5th 619.