2025 Georgia Codes – Page 226

criminal street gang.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, through criminal gang
activity or proceeds derived therefrom any interest in or control of any real or personal property of any
nature, including money.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person who occupies a position of organizer, supervisory position, or any
other position of management or leadership with regard to a criminal street gang to engage in, directly or
indirectly, or conspire to engage in criminal gang activity.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to directly, or through another acting upon such person’s direction,
cause, encourage, solicit, recruit, or coerce another to become a member or associate of a criminal street
gang, to participate in a criminal street gang, or to conduct or participate in criminal gang activity.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate, directly or indirectly, with another any threat of injury
or damage to the person or property of the other person or of any associate or relative of the other person
with the intent to deter such person from assisting a member or associate of a criminal street gang to with-
draw from such criminal street gang.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate, directly or indirectly, with another any threat of injury
or damage to the person or property of the other person or of any associate or relative of the other person
with the intent to punish or retaliate against such person for having withdrawn from a criminal street gang.
(h) It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate, directly or indirectly, with another any threat of injury
or damage to the person or property of the other person or of any associate or relative of the other person
with the intent to punish or retaliate against such person for refusing to or encouraging another to refuse to
become or obtain the status of a member or associate of a criminal street gang.
(i) It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate, directly or indirectly, with another any threat of injury
or damage to the person or property of the other person or of any associate or relative of the other person
with the intent to punish or retaliate against such person for providing statements or testimony against crimi-
nal street gangs or any criminal street gang member or associate.
(j) In addition to the prohibitions set forth in Code Section 16-10-93, it shall be unlawful for any person to
communicate, directly or indirectly, with another any threat of injury or damage to the person or property of
the other person or of any associate or relative of the other person with the intent to intimidate, deter, or pre-
vent such person from communicating to any law enforcement or corrections officer, prosecuting attorney, or
judge information relating to criminal street gangs, criminal street gang members or associates, or criminal
gang activity.
(k)(1) As used in this subsection, the term:
(A) “Dangerous weapon” shall have the same meaning as provided for under Code Section 16-11-121.
(B) “Firearm” means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, or other weapon which will or can be converted to expel
a projectile by the action of an explosive or electrical charge and which is not a dangerous weapon.
(C) “Hazardous object” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 20-2-751.
(D) “Leader” means a person who planned and organized others and acted as a guiding force in order to
achieve a common goal.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty
of a felony and upon conviction thereof, in addition to any other penalty imposed, shall be sentenced to a
mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years but not more than 20 years which shall be served
consecutively to any other sentence imposed, and no portion of the mandatory minimum sentence imposed
shall be suspended, stayed, probated, deferred, or withheld by the sentencing court.
(3)(A) Any person who violates subsection (e) of this Code section and such violation involves another who
is under 17 years of age at the time of the violation, or who has a disability as defined in Code Section

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated with a criminal street gang to conduct or
participate in criminal gang activity through the commission of any offense enumerated in paragraph (1) of
Code Section 16-15-3.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any offense enumerated in paragraph (1) of Code Section