Georgia Statutes

§ 16-11-39 — Disorderly conduct

Georgia § 16-11-39

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O.C.G.A. § 16-11-39 (2026).

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(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 reasonable 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 abusive 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

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