O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 35-3-164 (2019)

Unlawful dissemination or use of information; obtaining sample without authority

✓ 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, without authority, disseminates information contained in the data bank shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who disseminates, receives, or otherwise uses or attempts to so use information in the data bank, knowing that such dissemination, receipt, or use is for a purpose other than as authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

(b) Except for purposes of law enforcement or as authorized by this article, any person who, for purposes of having DNA analysis performed, obtains or attempts to obtain any sample submitted to the division for analysis shall be guilty of a felony.

History

Code 1981, § 35-3-164, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 264, § 3-1/SB 80.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Authentication of blood sample taken from human body for purposes

other than determining blood alcohol content, 77 A.L.R.5th 201.