{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-8","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-10-8","heading":"False official certificates or writings by officers or employees of state and political subdivisions.","body":"An officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof or other person authorized by law to make or give a certificate or other writing who knowingly makes and delivers such a certificate or writing containing any statement which he knows to be false shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 10 Offenses Against Public Administration","Article 1 Abuse of Governmental Office"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.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":"368d545729dcb74fb319fe8c704cc25cf416665d4944f07f02254c30732a337b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-7","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}