Georgia § 46-9-57 False billing or false weighing by a person who delivers property for transportation to a common carrier or for whom, as consignor or consignee, such carrier transports property

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§ 46-9-57 — False billing or false weighing by a person who delivers property for transportation to a common carrier or for whom, as consignor or consignee, such carrier transports property

Georgia § 46-9-57

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O.C.G.A. § 46-9-57 (2026).

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Any person, including any officer or agent of any corporation, who delivers property to any common carrier of freights within this state for transportation within this state to any common carrier of freights within this state, or for whom, as consignor or consignee, any such carrier transports property, and who knowingly and willfully, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, false representation of the contents of the package, false report of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the carrier or its agent, obtains transportation for such property at less than the regular rates then established and in force on the line of transportation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Any person, including any officer or agent of any corporation, who delivers property to any common carrier of freights within this state for transportation within this state to any common carrier of freights within this state, or for whom, as consignor or consignee, any such carrier transports property, and who knowingly and willfully, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, false representation of the contents of the package, false report of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the carrier or its agent, obtains transportation for such property at less than the regular rates then established and in force on the line of transportation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.