2025 Georgia Codes – Page 45

(a) A person commits the offense of public indecency when he or she performs any of the following acts in a
public place:
(1) An act of sexual intercourse;
(2) A lewd exposure of the sexual organs;
(3) A lewd appearance in a state of partial or complete nudity; or
(4) A lewd caress or indecent fondling of the body of another person.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of public indecency as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section
shall be punished as for a misdemeanor except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section.
(c) Upon a third or subsequent conviction for public indecency for the violation of paragraph (2), (3), or (4)
of subsection (a) of this Code section, a person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not less than one nor more than five years.
(d) For the purposes of this Code section only, “public place” shall include jails and penal and correctional
institutions of the state and its political subdivisions.
(e) This Code section shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the enactment of any other general and
local laws, rules, and regulations of state and local authorities or agencies and local ordinances prohibiting
such activities which are more restrictive than this Code section.

A person, 18 years of age or older, commits the offense of prostitution when he or she performs or offers or
consents to perform a sexual act, including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse or sodomy, for money or
other items of value.