{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-14-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 10-14-20","heading":"Criminal penalties.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both.\n(b) Any person who shall willfully violate Code Section 10-14-17, Code Section 10-14-18, or any provision of this chapter regarding the establishment, maintenance, or reporting of any trust, reserve, or escrow funds mandated by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or imprisonment for not less than one and not more than five years, or both.\n(c) Nothing in this chapter shall limit any statutory or common-law right of the state to punish any person for violation of any provision of any law.","path":["TITLE 10 Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 14 Cemetery and Funeral Services"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.10.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"4b3d0ca50a428be4a82ef5b6ee2cc6d643a0a6b90a7d36590d7272d42e9e682c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-14-19","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-10-14-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}