{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-8-103","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-8-103","heading":"Venue.","body":"For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed:\n(1) In the county in which the residential property for which a mortgage loan is being sought is located;\n(2) In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation;\n(3) In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation;\n(4) If a closing occurred, in any county in which the closing occurred; or\n(5) In any county in which a document containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission is filed with the official registrar of deeds.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 8 Offenses Involving Theft","Article 5 Residential Mortgage Fraud"],"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":"36149483f3149bd86eaedf22a818c82fb963078a693702c8f57b3dae9969b84e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-8-102","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-8-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}