2025 Georgia Codes – Page 74

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, or use a hoax device or
replica of a destructive device or detonator with the intent to cause another to believe that such hoax device
or replica is a destructive device or detonator.
(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this Code section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more
than one year or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or both or, if the defendant is a corporation, a fine of
not less than $1,000.00 or not fewer than 500 hours of community service or both for each such hoax device
or replica; provided, however, that if such person communicates or transmits to another that such hoax
device or replica is a destructive device or detonator with the intent to obtain the property of another person
or to interfere with the ability of another person to conduct or carry on the ordinary course of business, trade,
education, or government, such violation shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor
more than five years or by a fine of not more than $25,000.00 or both or, if the defendant is a corporation, a
fine of not less than $50,000.00 or not fewer than 1,000 nor more than 10,000 hours of community service or
both for each such hoax device or replica.

It shall be unlawful for any person to attempt or conspire to commit any offense prohibited by this article.
Any person convicted of a violation of this Code section shall be punished by imprisonment or community
service; by a fine; or by both such punishments not to exceed the maximum punishment prescribed for the
offense the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to hinder or obstruct any explosive ordnance technician, law
enforcement officer, fire official, emergency management official, animal trained to detect destructive devic-
es, or any robot or mechanical device designed or utilized by a law enforcement officer, fire official, or emer-
gency management official of this state or of the United States in the detection, disarming, or destruction of a
destructive device. Any person convicted of a violation of this Code section shall be punished as provided in
subsection (b) of Code Section 16-10-24.