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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES (§§ 16-1-1 — 16-17-10)
Chapter 8 - OFFENSES INVOLVING THEFT (§§ 16-8-1 — 16-8-106)
Article 1 - THEFT (§§ 16-8-1 — 16-8-25)
Section 16-8-6 - Theft of lost or mislaid property
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GA Code § 16-8-6 (2023)
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A person commits the offense of theft of lost or mislaid property when he comes into control of property that he knows or learns to have been lost or mislaid and appropriates the property to his own use without first taking reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner.
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