O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-13-23 (2019)

Confidentiality of location of family violence shelter; exceptions

✓ 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) Any person who knowingly publishes, disseminates, or otherwise discloses the location of a family violence shelter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to:

(1) Confidential communications between a client and his or her attorney; or

(2) Instances when such publication, dissemination, or disclosure is authorized by the director of the shelter.

History

Code 1981, § 19-13-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1543, § 2.

Annotations

Law reviews. For article commenting on the 1997

enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 151 (1997).

ARTICLE 3 STATE COMMISSION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE