It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to mutilate, deface, defile, or abuse contemptuously the flag of the United States, the flag, coat of arms, or emblem of the State of Georgia, or the flag or emblem of the Confederate States of America by any act whatever.
O.C.G.A. § 50-3-9
Abuse of certain flags and symbols unlawful
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Most recently applied in 219 Wis. 2d 362 - State v. Janssen (June 1998)
Ga
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.