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2017 Georgia Code
Title 42 - Penal Institutions
Chapter 8 - Probation
Article 2 - State-Wide Probation System
§ 42-8-21. Definitions
Universal Citation: GA Code § 42-8-21 (2017)
- As used in this article, the term:
- (1) "DCS" means the Department of Community Supervision.
- (2) "Officer" means a community supervision officer as defined in Code Section 42-3-1.
- (3) "Qualified offense" means a felony offense of:
- (A) Burglary in the second degree in violation of Code Section 16-7-1;
- (B) Possession of tools for the commission of crime in violation of Code Section 16-7-20;
- (C) Criminal damage to property in the second degree in violation of Code Section 16-7-23;
- (D) Interference with government property in violation of Code Section 16-7-24;
- (E) Arson in the third degree in violation of Code Section 16-7-62;
- (F) Burning of woodlands, brush, fields, or other lands in violation of Code Section 16-7-63 when the punishment is as set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-7-63;
- (G) Theft in violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 when the punishment is as set forth in subparagraph (a)(1)(B) or (a)(1)(C) of Code Section 16-8-12;
- (H) Theft by shoplifting in violation of Code Section 16-8-14;
- (I) Refund fraud in violation of Code Section 16-8-14.1;
- (J) Conversion of payments for real property improvements in violation of Code Section 16-8-15;
- (K) Entering an automobile or other motor vehicle with intent to commit theft or felony in violation of Code Section 16-8-18;
- (L) Livestock theft in violation of Code Section 16-8-20;
- (M) Forgery in violation of Code Section 16-9-1;
- (N) Printing, executing, or negotiating checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts knowing information thereon to be in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder in violation of Code Section 16-9-21;
- (O) Financial transaction card offenses in violation of Code Section 16-9-31, 16-9-32, 16-9-33, 16-9-34, 16-9-35, 16-9-36.1, or 16-9-37, provided that the aggregate value of the loss does not exceed $25,000.00;
- (P) Failing to pay for natural products or chattels in violation of Code Section 16-9-58;
- (Q) Purchasing, possessing, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, administering, selling, or possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances, marijuana, counterfeit substances, or flunitrazepam in violation of Code Section 16-13-30;
- (R) Unlawfully manufacturing, delivering, distributing, selling, or possessing with the intent to distribute noncontrolled substances in violation of Code Section 16-13-30.1;
- (S) Possession of substances containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine or sales of products containing those ingredients in violation of Code Section 16-13-30.3 when the punishment is as set forth in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 16-13-30.3; and
- (T) Violation of Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 when the punishment is as set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-13-79.
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