2021 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 7 - Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property
Article 2 - Criminal Trespass and Damage to Property
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-7-23. Criminal Damage to Property in the Second Degree
- A person commits the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree when he:
- Intentionally damages any property of another person without his consent and the damage thereto exceeds $500.00; or
- Recklessly or intentionally, by means of fire or explosive, damages property of another person.
- A person convicted of the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
(Code 1933, § 26-1502, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 484, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1491, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 444, § 2/SB 400.)
Law reviews.- For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Considerations
- Application
- Merger of Offenses
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Arson and Related Offenses, §§ 3, 5, 11 et seq. 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Malicious Mischief, § 1 et seq.
C.J.S.- 35 C.J.S., Explosives, § 95 et seq. 36A C.J.S., Fires, § 1 et seq. 54 C.J.S., Malicious or Criminal Mischief or Damage to Property, § 1 et seq.
ALR.- Prejudicial effect of argument or comment that accused, if acquitted on ground of insanity, would be released from institution to which committed, 44 A.L.R.2d 978.
