O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-9-105 (2019)

Giving false information or testimony; 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) Any person who shall knowingly give false information or false testimony causing or intending to cause the payment of compensation which would not otherwise be justified under this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any such person convicted under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be liable to the state for any funds paid as a result of such false information or testimony.

History

(Code 1981, § 45-9-106, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 283, § 2; Code 1981, § 45-9-105, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2008, p. 470, § 1/SB 254.)

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, Code Section 45-9-105, as enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 768, § 2, was redesignated as Code Section 45-9-75. Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2008, p. 470,

§ 2/SB 254, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all incidents occurring on or after July 1, 2008.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting of offenders not required. - A violation of O.C.G.A. § 45-9-106(a) is not an offense designated

as one that requires fingerprinting. 2000 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2000-11.