2025 Georgia Codes – Page 140

(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he or she:
(1) Wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of his or her face is so hidden, concealed, or cov-
ered as to conceal his or her identity;
(2) Is upon:
(A) Any public way or public property; or
(B) The private property of another without the written permission of the owner or occupier of such private
property to do so; and
(3) Intends to conceal his or her identity.
(b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Code section, no person shall be guilty of violat-
ing this Code section by:
(1) Wearing a traditional holiday costume on the occasion of the holiday;
(2) Lawfully engaging in trade and employment or in a sporting activity where a mask is worn for the pur-
pose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer or because of the nature of the occupation, trade, profes-
sion, or sporting activity;
(3) Using a mask in a theatrical production including use in Mardi gras celebrations and masquerade balls;
(4) Wearing a gas mask prescribed in emergency management drills and exercises or emergencies; or
(5) Wearing a mask for the purpose of complying with the guidance of any health care agency or health care
provider to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or other coronaviruses or influenza or other infectious dis-
eases.

(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct when such person commits any of the following:
(1) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another person whereby such person is placed in reason-
able fear of the safety of such person’s life, limb, or health;
(2) Acts in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another person whereby the property of such person is
placed in danger of being damaged or destroyed;
(3) Without provocation, uses to or of another person in such other person’s presence, opprobrious or abu-
sive words which by their very utterance tend to incite to an immediate breach of the peace, that is to say,
words which as a matter of common knowledge and under ordinary circumstances will, when used to or of
another person in such other person’s presence, naturally tend to provoke violent resentment, that is, words
commonly called “fighting words”; or
(4) Without provocation, uses obscene and vulgar or profane language in the presence of or by telephone to a
person under the age of 14 years which threatens an immediate breach of the peace.
(b) Any person who commits the offense of disorderly conduct shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) This Code section shall not be deemed or construed to affect or limit the powers of counties or municipal
corporations to adopt ordinances or resolutions prohibiting disorderly conduct within their respective limits.