O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-1-18 (2019)

“Photograph” defined; photographing minor without consent of parent or guardian prohibited; penalty

✓ 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) As used in this Code section, the term “photograph” means to take any picture, film or digital photograph, motion picture film, videotape, or similar visual representation or image of a person. (b) No person required to register as a sexual offender pursuant to Code Section 42-1-12 shall intentionally photograph a minor without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian. (c) Any person who knowingly violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

History

Code 1981, § 42-1-18, enacted by Ga. L.

2010, p. 168, § 14/HB 571; Ga. L. 2011, p. 505, § 1/HB 162.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting required. - Any misdemeanor offenses arising under subsection (b) of O.C.G.A. § 42-1-18 are of-

fenses for which those charged are to be fingerprinted. 2010 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 10-6.