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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses (Chs. 1 — 17)
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against the Person (Arts. 1 — 9)
Article 3 - Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, and Related Offenses (§§ 16-5-40 — 16-5-47)
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Law reviews.For comment, “International Child Abductions Involving Non-Hague Convention States: The Need for a Uniform Approach,” see 21 Emory Int’l L. Rev. 277 (2007).
For annual survey on criminal law, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 79 (2009).
For note, “Uncovering the ‘Hidden Crime’ of Human Trafficking by Empowering Individuals to Respond,” see 36 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1173 (2020).
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 16
O. C. G. A. Title 16, Ch. 5
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O.C.G.A. Title 16, Ch. 5, Art. 3
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- § 16-5-40. Kidnapping
- § 16-5-41. False imprisonment
- § 16-5-42. False imprisonment under color of legal process
- § 16-5-43. Malicious confinement of sane person in an asylum
- § 16-5-44. Hijacking an aircraft
- § 16-5-44.1. Hijacking a motor vehicle
- § 16-5-45. Interference with custody
- § 16-5-46. Trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude
- § 16-5-47. Posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in businesses and on internet
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