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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 48-11-28: Possession, use, manufacture, or other unlawful activities involving counterfeited stamps or tampering with metering machine pursuant to chapter; penalty.

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  1. TITLE 48 Revenue and Taxation
  2. CHAPTER 11 Taxes on Tobacco and Vaping Products

(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.

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