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

17-15A-2 (2019)

‘‘Graffiti’’ defined

✓ 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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As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘graffiti’’ means any inscriptions, words, figures, paintings, or other defacements that are written, marked, etched, scratched, sprayed, drawn, painted, or engraved on or otherwise affixed to any surface of real property or improvements thereon without prior authorization of the owner or occupant of the property by means of any aerosol paint container, broad-tipped marker, gum label, paint stick, graffiti stick, etching equipment, brush, or other device capable of scarring or leaving a visible mark on any surface.

History

Code 1981, § 17-15A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 252, § 1.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Practice Point: You Look Complicated Today: Rep-

resenting an Illegal Graffiti Artist in a Copyright Infringement Case Against a Major International Retailer,’’ see 20 J. Intell. Prop. L. 75 (2012).