Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 48-11-28 - Possession, use, manufacture, or other unlawful activities involving counterfeited stamps or tampering with metering machine pursuant to chapter; penalty(a) With respect to this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Fraudulently make, utter, forge, or counterfeit any stamp prescribed by the commissioner;(2) Cause or procure a violation of paragraph (1) of this subsection to be done;(3) Willfully utter, publish, pass, or render as true any false, altered, forged, or counterfeited stamp;(4) Knowingly possess any false, altered, forged, or counterfeited stamp;(5) For the purpose of evading the tax imposed, use more than once any stamp required by this chapter; or(6) Tamper with or cause to be tampered with any metering machine authorized to be used.(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than three years nor more than ten years.Amended by 2020 Ga. Laws 483,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2021.Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 698,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2013.