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O.C.G.A. § 16-14-4

Prohibited activities

Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Jenkins v. First American Cash Advance of Georgia, LLC (2005)

Most recently applied in Noel N. Chua, M.D. v. Andrew J. Ekonomou (June 2021)

Code 1933, § 26-3403, enacted by Ga

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Acts and similar acts related to gang activity and the like, 58 A.L.R.6th 385.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal property of any nature, including money.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated

with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire or endeavor to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section. A person violates this subsection when:

(1) He or she together with one or more persons conspires to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section and any one or more of such persons commits any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy; or

(2) He or she endeavors to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section and commits any overt act to

effect the object of the endeavor.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.