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

O.C.G.A. § 31-21-40 (2019)

Omission to perform duties imposed by chapter

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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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Any person having duties imposed upon him by Code Sections 31-21-20 through 31-21-24 who shall refuse or omit to perform such duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 9; Penal Code 1895, § 416; Penal Code 1910, § 409; Code 1933, § 88-9920; Code 1933,

§ 88-2711, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 37 et seq., 42, 78, 79, 81, 92.

C.J.S. - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 30 et seq., 67 et seq.