History. Ga. L. 1975, p. 44, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1938, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 652, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 16; Ga. L. 2008, p. 240, § 1/SB 406; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-7/HB 233; Ga. L. 2020, p. 317, § 1/HB 341.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “memory card, flash drive, hard drive, data storage device,” following “film,” in two places in paragraph (a)(1), twice in subsection (b) and once in paragraph (f)(1); substituted “memory card, flash drive, hard drive, data storage device, or other article” for “or other device or article” near the end of paragraph (a)(1); and near the beginning of paragraph (f)(1), substituted “Code section is” for “Code section are”; and “right in it” for “right in them”.
Cross references.
Deceptive or unfair trade or consumer practices generally, § 10-1-370 et seq.
Criminal penalty for obtaining telephone, telegraph, or cable television service by means of schemes, devices, etc., which avoid payment of lawful charges for such service, § 46-5-2 et seq.
Editor’s notes.
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, “(Don’t) Give It Up Or Turn It Loose: State Law Copyright Protection of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings in Blank Slate Jurisdictions Like Georgia,” see 49 Ga. L. Rev. 819 (2015).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).