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GA Code § 16-8-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-100. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Residential Mortgage Fraud Act."    (Code 1981, §16-8-100, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of real property law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 331 (2005). For article on 2005 enactment of this article, see 22 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 49 (2005). For annual survey of law on real property, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 283 (2010).
GA Code § 16-8-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Mortgage lending process" means the process through which a person seeks or obtains a residential mortgage loan including, but not limited to, solicitation, application, or origination, negotiation of terms, third-party provider services, underwriting, signing and closing, and funding of the loan. Such term shall also include the execution of deeds under power of sale that are required to be recorded pursuant to Code Section 44-14-160 and the execution of assignments that are required to be recorded pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 44-14-162. Documents involved in the mortgage lending process include, but shall not be limited to, uniform residential loan applications or other loan applications; appraisal reports; HUD-1 settlement statements; supporting personal documentation for loan applications such as W-2 forms, verifications of income and employment, bank statements, tax returns, and payroll stubs; and any required disclosures.   "Pattern of residential mortgage fraud" means one or more misstatements, misrepresentations, or omissions made during the mortgage lending process that involve two or more residential properties, which have the same or similar intents, results, accomplices, victims, or methods of commission or otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing characteristics.   "Person" means a natural person, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, trustee, association, or any other entity.   "Residential mortgage loan" means a loan or agreement to extend credit made to a person, which loan is secured by a deed to secure debt, security deed, mortgage, security interest, deed of trust, or other document representing a security interest or lien upon any interest in one-to-four family residential property located in Georgia including the renewal or refinancing of any such loan.     (Code 1981, §16-8-101, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100; Ga. L. 2006, p. 72, § 16/SB 465; Ga. L. 2012, p. 668, § 1/HB 237.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on real property, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 255 (2012).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in State v. Corhen, 306 Ga. App. 495, 700 S.E.2d 912 (2010).
GA Code § 16-8-102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-102. Residential Mortgage Fraud

 A person commits the offense of residential mortgage fraud when, with the intent to defraud, such person:    Knowingly makes any deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission during the mortgage lending process with the intention that it be relied on by a mortgage lender, borrower, or any other party to the mortgage lending process;   Knowingly uses or facilitates the use of any deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission, knowing the same to contain a misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission, during the mortgage lending process with the intention that it be relied on by a mortgage lender, borrower, or any other party to the mortgage lending process;   Receives any proceeds or any other funds in connection with a residential mortgage closing that such person knew resulted from a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of this Code section;   Conspires to violate any of the provisions of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this Code section; or   Files or causes to be filed with the official registrar of deeds of any county of this state any document such person knows to contain a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission.  An offense of residential mortgage fraud shall not be predicated solely upon information lawfully disclosed under federal disclosure laws, regulations, and interpretations related to the mortgage lending process nor upon truthful information contained in documents filed with the official registrar of deeds of any county of this state for the stated purpose of correcting scrivener's errors, mistakes, inadvertent misstatements, or omissions contained in previously filed documents.      (Code 1981, §16-8-102, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100; Ga. L. 2012, p. 668, § 2/HB 237.)
GA Code § 16-8-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-103. Venue

 For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed:    In the county in which the residential property for which a mortgage loan is being sought is located;   In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation;   In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation;   If a closing occurred, in any county in which the closing occurred; or   In any county in which a document containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission is filed with the official registrar of deeds.     (Code 1981, §16-8-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.)
GA Code § 16-8-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-104. Authority to Investigate and Prosecute for Residential Mortgage Fraud

 District attorneys and the Attorney General shall have the authority to conduct the criminal investigation and prosecution of all cases of residential mortgage fraud under this article or under any other provision of this title. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to preclude otherwise authorized law enforcement agencies from conducting investigations of offenses related to residential mortgage fraud.    (Code 1981, §16-8-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1162, § 1/SB 371.)   Cross references.   - Subpoena authority for investigating fraudulent real estate transactions, § 35-3-4.2.   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of law on real property, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 283 (2010).
GA Code § 16-8-105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-105. Penalties

  Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.   If a violation of this article involves engaging or participating in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud or a conspiracy or endeavor to engage or participate in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud, said violation shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than 20 years, by a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.   Each residential property transaction subject to a violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense and shall not merge with any other crimes set forth in this title.     (Code 1981, §16-8-105, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.)
GA Code § 16-8-106 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 5 - Residential Mortgage Fraud|§ 16-8-106. Civil Forfeiture

  As used in this Code section, the terms "civil forfeiture proceedings," "proceeds," and "property" shall have the same meanings as set forth in Code Section 9-16-2.   Any property which is, directly or indirectly, used or intended for use in any manner to facilitate a violation of this article and any proceeds are declared to be contraband and no person shall have a property right in them.   Any property subject to forfeiture pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall be forfeited in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 16 of Title 9.   The Attorney General shall be specifically authorized to commence civil forfeiture proceedings under this Code section.     (Code 1981, §16-8-106, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 2-9/HB 233.)   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 article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).
GA Code § 16-9-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 1 - Forgery and Related Offenses|§ 16-9-3. "Writing" Defined

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 3-5/HB 1176, effective July 1, 2012.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 26-1703, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2012 repeal of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 290 (2012).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Signing credit charge, credit sales slip, or credit electronic point of sale terminal, as forgery, 80 A.L.R.6th 599.
GA Code § 16-9-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 1 - Forgery and Related Offenses|§ 16-9-6. Punishment for Fiduciary in Violation of Chapter

 Unless a greater penalty is specifically provided in this chapter, any violation of this chapter by a fiduciary in breach of a fiduciary obligation against a person who is 65 years of age or older shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 15 years, a fine not to exceed the amount provided by Code Section 17-10-8, or both.    (Code 1981, §16-9-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1085, § 4.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1085, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Protection of Elder Persons Act of 2000'."   Law reviews.   - For note on 2000 enactment of O.C.G.A. § 16-9-6, see 17 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 93 (2000).
GA Code § 16-9-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 2 - Deposit Account Fraud|§ 16-9-21. Printing, Executing, or Negotiating Checks, Drafts, Orders, or Debit Card Sales Drafts Knowing Information Thereon to Be in Error, Fictitious, or Assigned to Another Account Holder

  It shall be unlawful for any person to print or cause to be printed checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts, drawn upon any financial institution or to execute or negotiate any check, draft, order, or debit card sales draft knowing that the account number, routing number, or other information printed on such check, draft, order, or debit card sales draft is in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder or financial institution.   Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.     (Code 1981, §16-9-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1570, § 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1787, § 4.)
GA Code § 16-9-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-32. Forgery of Financial Transaction Card

  A person commits the offense of financial transaction card forgery when:   With intent to defraud a purported issuer; a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value; or any other person, he falsely makes or falsely embosses a purported financial transaction card;   With intent to defraud a purported issuer; a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value; or any other person, he falsely encodes, duplicates, or alters existing encoded information on a financial transaction card or utters such a financial transaction card; or   He, not being the cardholder or a person authorized by him, with intent to defraud the issuer; a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value; or any other person, signs a financial transaction card.     A person falsely makes a financial transaction card when he makes or draws in whole or in part a device or instrument which purports to be the financial transaction card of a named issuer but which is not such a financial transaction card because the issuer did not authorize the making or drawing or when he alters a financial transaction card which was validly issued.   A person falsely embosses a financial transaction card when without authorization of the named issuer he completes a financial transaction card by adding any of the matter other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the financial transaction card before it can be used by a cardholder.   A person falsely encodes a financial transaction card when without authorization of the purported issuer he records, erases, or otherwise alters magnetically, electronically, electromagnetically, or by any other means whatsoever information on a financial transaction card which will permit acceptance of that card by any automated banking device.   Conviction of the offense of financial transaction card forgery shall be punishable as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-9-38.   When a person other than the purported issuer possesses two or more financial transaction cards which are falsely made, falsely encoded, or falsely embossed, such possession shall be prima-facie evidence that said cards were obtained in violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 26-1705.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Credit Cards and Charge Accounts, § 1 et seq.   ALR.   - Liability of holder of credit card or plate for purchases made thereon by another person, 15 A.L.R.3d 1086.
GA Code § 16-9-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-34. Criminal Possession of Financial Transaction Card Forgery Devices

  A person commits the offense of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices when:   He is a person other than the cardholder and possesses two or more incomplete financial transaction cards with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer; or   With knowledge of its character, he possesses machinery, plates, or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be financial transaction cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such financial transaction cards.     A financial transaction card is incomplete if part of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the financial transaction card before it can be used by a cardholder has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted, encoded, or written upon.   Conviction of the offense of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices is punishable as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-9-38.    (Code 1933, § 26-1705.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 16.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Credit Cards and Charge Accounts, § 1 et seq. 32 Am. Jur. 2d, False Pretenses, § 28 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 35 C.J.S., False Pretenses, § 19.   ALR.   - Signing credit charge or credit sales slip, as forgery, 90 A.L.R.2d 822.   Liability of holder of credit card or plate for purchases made thereon by another person, 15 A.L.R.3d 1086.   When statute of limitations begins to run against criminal prosecution for embezzlement, fraud, false pretenses, or similar crimes, 77 A.L.R.3d 689.
GA Code § 16-9-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-35. Criminal Receipt of Goods and Services Fraudulently Obtained

 A person commits the offense of criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained when he receives money, goods, services, or anything else of value obtained in violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-33 with the knowledge or belief that the same were obtained in violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-33. Conviction of the offense of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained is punishable as provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-38 if the value of all money, goods, services, and anything else of value obtained in violation of this Code section does not exceed $100.00 in any six-month period. Conviction of the offense of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained is punishable as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-9-38 if such value exceeds $100.00 in any six-month period.   (Code 1933, § 26-1705.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of holder of credit card or plate for purchases made thereon by another person, 15 A.L.R.3d 1086.   What statute of limitations governs action arising out of transaction consummated by use of credit card, 2 A.L.R.4th 677.
GA Code § 16-9-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-36. Rebuttable Presumption of Criminal Receipt of Goods and Services Fraudulently Obtained

 A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transportation company from other than an authorized agent of such company, which ticket was acquired in violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-33 without reasonable inquiry to ascertain that the person from whom it was obtained had a legal right to possess it shall be rebuttably presumed to know that such ticket was acquired under circumstances constituting a violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-33 if the ticket shows on its face that it was issued through the use of a financial transaction card or that it is otherwise nonrefundable.   (Code 1933, § 26-1705.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Receiving and Transporting Stolen Property, § 7.   C.J.S.   - 76 C.J.S., Receiving or Tranferring Stolen Goods, § 4.   ALR.   - Signing credit charge or credit sales slip, as forgery, 90 A.L.R.2d 822.   Liability of holder of credit card or plate for purchases made thereon by another person, 15 A.L.R.3d 1086.
GA Code § 16-9-36.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-36.1. Criminal Factoring of Financial Transaction Card Records

 Any person who, without the acquirer's express authorization, employs or solicits an authorized merchant or any agent or employee of such merchant to remit to an issuer or acquirer, for payment, a financial transaction card record of a sale, which sale was not made by such merchant, agent, or employee, commits the offense of criminal factoring of financial transaction card records.Conviction of criminal factoring of financial transaction card records shall be punishable as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-9-38.    (Code 1981, §16-9-36.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 304, § 3.)
GA Code § 16-9-37 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-37. Unauthorized Use of Financial Transaction Card; Misuse of Government Issued Cards

  Any person who has been issued or entrusted with a financial transaction card for specifically authorized purposes, provided such authorization is in writing stating a maximum amount charges that can be made with the financial transaction card, and who uses the financial transaction card in a manner and for purposes not authorized in order to obtain or purchase money, goods, services, or anything else of value shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-38.   Any person who has been issued or entrusted with a financial transaction card by a government for specifically limited and specifically authorized purposes, provided such limitations and authorizations are in writing, and who uses the financial transaction card in a manner and for purposes not authorized shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-9-38.    (Code 1933, § 26-1705.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 266, § 3/HB 192.)   Cross references.   - Limitation on elected official's use of government issued purchasing or credit cards, § 36-80-24.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 29 Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, § 198 et seq. 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Receiving and Transporting Stolen Property, §§ 28, 29.   ALR.   - What statute of limitations governs action arising out of transaction consummated by use of credit card, 2 A.L.R.4th 677.
GA Code § 16-9-38 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards|§ 16-9-38. Punishment and Penalties

  A person who is subject to the punishment and penalties of this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not less than one year nor more than two years, or both.   A person subject to punishment under this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both.    (Code 1933, § 26-1705.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 861, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Credit Cards and Charge Accounts, § 1 et seq.   ALR.   - Liability of holder of credit card or plate for purchases made thereon by another person, 15 A.L.R.3d 1086.