2025 Georgia Codes – Page 100

16-9-35

Criminal receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained

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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 fraudu-
lently 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.

16-9-36

Rebuttable presumption of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently

Rebuttable presumption of receipt of goods

obtained
A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transpor-
tation company from other than an authorized agent of such company, which ticket was acquired in viola-
tion 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.