{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-7-26","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-7-26","heading":"Vandalism to a place of worship.","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of vandalism to a place of worship when he maliciously defaces or desecrates a church, synagogue, or other place of public religious worship.\n(b) A person convicted of the offense of vandalism to a place of worship shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 7 Damage to and Intrusion upon Property","Article 2 Criminal Trespass and Damage to Property","PART 1 General Provisions"],"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":"07b77f425693b14540e3dc6049b6e01f3470c678c0dbc6842a4c6ec1d6ab7703","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-7-25","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-7-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}