{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-12-23","heading":"Keeping a gambling place.","body":"(a) A person who knowingly permits any real estate, building, room, tent, vehicle, boat, or other property whatsoever owned by him or under his control to be used as a gambling place or who rents or lets any such property with a view or expectation that it be so used commits the offense of keeping a gambling place.\n(b) A person who commits the offense of keeping a gambling place shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 12 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals","Article 2 Gambling and Related Offenses","PART 1 Gambling"],"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":"b0179be8f9c51e0b133f9a52df22c1d38abc4bf51cd68b8e7524f28306fb6a13","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-22.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}