2025 Code of Georgia
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses (Chs. 1 — 17)
Chapter 7 - Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property (Arts. 1 — 4)
Article 3 - Arson and Explosives (§§ 16-7-60 — 16-7-64)
Annotations
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Investigation of cases of suspected arson, § 25-2-27 et seq.
Payment of sheriffs and other peace officers for assistance in arson or other cases, § 25-2-35.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. —Failure to Prevent Outbreak and Spread of Fire, 23 POF2d 461.
Paint or Lacquer Vapor Explosions, 30 POF2d 575.
Arson Defense to Coverage Under Property Insurance, 34 POF3d 291.
Am. Jur. Trials. —Preparation and Trial of Arson Case, 19 Am. Jur. Trials 685.
Handling Fire Claims Out of Court, 57 Am. Jur. Trials 155.
ALR.Death resulting from arson as within contemplation of statute which makes homicide in perpetration of felony murder in first degree, 87 A. L. R. 414.
What felonies are inherently or foreseeably dangerous to human life for purposes of felony-murder doctrine, 50 A. L. R.3d 397.
What constitutes “burning” to justify charge of arson, 28 A. L. R.4th 482.
Pyromania and the criminal law, 51 A. L. R.4th 1243.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 16
- § 16-7-60. Arson in the first degree
- § 16-7-60.1. Arson of a law enforcement vehicle
- § 16-7-61. Arson in the second degree
- § 16-7-62. Arson in the third degree
- § 16-7-63. Burning of woodlands, brush, fields, or other lands; arson of lands; destruction of or damage to material or device used in detection or suppression of wildfires; penalties for violations
- § 16-7-64. [Repealed] Criminal possession of an explosive device