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2018 Georgia Code 16-9-56 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 9. Forgery and Fraudulent Practices, 16-9-1 through 16-9-157.

ARTICLE 4 FRAUD AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-9-56. Fraudulent attempts to obtain refunds.

  1. It shall be unlawful for any personto 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.
  2. Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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

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.

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