2022 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 3 - Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions
Article 2 - Justification and Excuse
§ 16-3-24.2. Immunity From Prosecution; Exception

A person who uses threats or force in accordance with Code Section 16-3-21, 16-3-23, 16-3-23.1, or 16-3-24 shall be immune from criminal prosecution therefor unless in the use of deadly force, such person utilizes a weapon the carrying or possession of which is unlawful by such person under Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of this title.

History. Code 1981, § 16-3-24.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1153, § 1.2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 16; Ga. L. 2006, p. 477, § 2/SB 396; Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-3/HB 60.

Cross references.

Possession of dangerous weapons, § 16-11-120 et seq. Carrying concealed firearms, § 16-11-126 et seq.

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-1/HB 60, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Safe Carry Protection Act.’ ”

Law reviews.

For annual survey on criminal law, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 79 (2009).

For annual survey on death penalty law, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 99 (2009).

For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 47 (2014).

For annual survey on evidence law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 101 (2017).

For article with annual survey on criminal law, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 75 (2021).

For article, “Vigilant or Vigilante? Procedure and Rationale for Immunity in Defense of Habitation and Defense of Property Under the Official Code of Georgia Annotated §§ 16-3-23 , 16-3-24 , 16-3-24.1 , and 16-3-24 .2,” see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 629 (2008).