Georgia Code
Article 3 - Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, and Related Offenses
§ 16-5-44.1. Hijacking a Motor Vehicle

History. Code 1981, § 16-5-44.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1625, § 3; Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 2-4/HB 826; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-1/HB 233; Ga. L. 2017, p. 417, § 1-1/SB 104.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in paragraph (c)(1) and subsection (d), inserted “in the first degree” near the beginning; substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “A person commits the offense of hijacking a motor vehicle when such person while in possession of a firearm or weapon obtains a motor vehicle from the person or presence of another by force and violence or intimidation or attempts or conspires to do so.”; designated the existing provisions of subsection (c) as paragraph (c)(1); in paragraph (c)(1), added the second sentence, and substituted “paragraph, the term” for “subsection” in the last sentence; added paragraph (c)(2); and deleted “; and the punishment prescribed by subsection (c) of this Code section shall not be deferred, suspended, or probated” following “other offense” at the end of subsection (d).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, “subsection (c)” was substituted for “subsection (b)” in subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1994, p. 1625, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Anti-motor Vehicle Hijacking Act of 1994’. ”
Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure.”
Law reviews.
For note on the 1994 enactment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 99 (1994).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 61 (2017).
For annual survey on criminal law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 73 (2017).

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