O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-562 (2019)

Fraudulent entries; unlawful alteration or destruction of entries; unlawful removal of documents; neglect or refusal to deliver documents

✓ 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 willfully: (1) Inserts or permits to be inserted any fictitious name, false figure, false statement, or other fraudulent entry on or in any registration card, electors list, voter’s certificate, affidavit, tally paper, general or duplicate return sheet, statement, certificate, oath, voucher, account, ballot, or other record or document authorized or required to be made, used, signed, returned, or preserved for any public purpose in connection with any primary or election; (2) Alters materially or intentionally destroys any entry which has been lawfully made therein; or (3) Takes or removes any book, affidavit, return, account, ballot, or other document or record from the custody of any person having

lawful charge thereof, in order to prevent the same from being used or inspected or copied as required or permitted by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both. (b) Any person who willfully neglects or refuses, within the time and in the manner required by this chapter, to deliver any such document described in subsection (a) of this Code section into the custody of the officers who are required by this chapter to use or keep the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1958, p. 269, § 46; Code 1933, § 34-1905, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 313, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p.

536, § 4/SB 40; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 26/HB 540.

Annotations

Cross references. Fraud generally, § 23-2-50 et seq. and T. 51, C. 6.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-562 would not be designated as one which requires

fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 98-20.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, §§ 448, 449.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 568, 572 et seq., 575 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: McCranie v. Mullis, 478 S.E.2d 377 (Ga. 1996).

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McCranie v. Mullis, 478 S.E.2d 377 (Ga. 1996). · cites it 2× “10 See OCGA §§ 21-2-562 (a) (1); 21-2-568 (1) (4); 21-2-579 (3) (4).”

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