O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-5 (2019)

Unauthorized use of wavelength of radio system adopted by department or Georgia Bureau of Investigation

✓ 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) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm, or corporation to use the same wavelength of the radio system adopted by the department without the prior written authorization of the commissioner or to do any act interfering with the proper receipt or transmission of information relating to the department or any division thereof.

(b) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm, or corporation to use the same wavelength of the radio system adopted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation without the prior written authorization of the director or to do any act interfering with the proper receipt or transmission of information relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. public property generally, §§ 50-16-4, 50-16-14 et seq.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 322, art. 3, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 995, § 1.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1997–1997 · leading case: Reed v. State, 495 S.E.2d 313 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).

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Reed v. State, 495 S.E.2d 313 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). “” An accusation drawn in the State Court of Troup County, 96-S-4254, charged appellant with disorderly conduct in violation of the city ordinance in that appellant did “unlawfully at Callaway Stadium being [sic] loud, boisterous and using abusive language in the presence of…”

Unknown, 472 F.3d 1298. “One of Street’s arguments is that by picking up the radio off the floor of Street’s bedroom and turning it on, Agent Fitzgerald violated O.C.G.A. § 35-1-5, a statute prohibiting actions that interfere with police radio activity.”

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