O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 44-5-155 (2019)
Penalties
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A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000.00 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.
History
(Code 1981, § 44-5-155, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.)