O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-9-56 (2019)

Fraudulent attempts to obtain refunds

✓ 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) It shall be unlawful for any person to give a false or fictitious name, address, or telephone number as that person’s own or to give the name, address, or telephone number of any other person without that other person’s knowledge and approval for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain a refund for merchandise returned to a business establishment or a refund on a ticket or other document which is evidence of a service purchased from a business establishment, which service is yet to be performed.

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

History

(Code 1933, § 26-1709, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 490, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1985, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 850, § 1.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 114 (1994). JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Finley v. State, 139 Ga. App. 495, 229 S.E.2d 6 (1976). RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Admissibility to establish fraudulent purpose or intent, in prosecution for obtaining or attempting to obtain money or property by false pretenses, of evidence of similar attempts on other occasions, 78 A.L.R.2d 1359.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Waire v. State, 438 S.E.2d 142 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993).
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Waire v. State, 438 S.E.2d 142 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Waire was arrested on a charge of fraudulent attempt to obtain a refund in violation of OCGA § 16-9-56. Four days after her arrest and incarceration, Waire entered a plea of not guilty.”
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