O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-5 (2019)

Defacing or injuring capitol building or grounds

✓ 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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If any person shall mar, deface, or in any way injure the capitol building, the approaches thereto, the trees, shrubbery, or grounds belonging to same, or any of the furniture, fixtures, or property therein, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1892, p. 100, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 222; Penal Code 1910, § 219; Code 1933, § 91-9901.

Annotations

Cross references. - Criminal penalty for interference with government property, § 16-7-24.