2022 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 6 - Sexual Offenses
§ 16-6-18. Fornication
An unmarried person commits the offense of fornication when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with another person and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 814, 815; Code 1863, § 4419; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4460; Code 1873, § 4534; Code 1882, § 4534; Penal Code 1895, § 381; Penal Code 1910, § 372; Code 1933, § 26-5801; Code 1933, § 26-2010, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.
Law reviews.
For article, “Shotgun Marriage by Operation of Law,” see 1 Ga. L. Rev. 183 (1967).
For comment on Rehak v. Mathis, 239 Ga. 541 , 238 S.E.2d 81 (1977), see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 361 (1978).
For note, “Sharpening the Prongs of the Establishment Clause: Applying Stricter Scrutiny to Majority Religions,” see 23 Ga. L. Rev. 1085 (1989).
For article, “Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,” see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001).
For annual survey of law of wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2004).
