{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-9-102","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-9-102","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Any person convicted of a violation of Code Section 16-9-101 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 12 months, or both, except:\n(1) Where the volume of commercial e-mail transmitted exceeded 10,000 attempted recipients in any 24 hour period;\n(2) Where the volume of commercial e-mail transmitted exceeded 100,000 attempted recipients in any 30 day period;\n(3) Where the volume of commercial e-mail transmitted exceeded one million attempted recipients in any one-year period;\n(4) Where the revenue generated from a specific commercial e-mail exceeded $1,000.00;\n(5) Where the total revenue generated from all commercial e-mail transmitted to any e-mail service provider or its subscribers exceeded $50,000.00; or\n(6) Where any person knowingly hires, employs, uses, or permits any minor to assist in the transmission of commercial e-mail in violation of Code Section 16-9-101,\nthe person shall be guilty of a felony and punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.\n(b) For the second conviction of Code Section 16-9-101 within a five-year period, as measured from the dates of previous arrests for which convictions were obtained to the date of the current arrest for which a conviction is obtained, the person shall be guilty of a felony and punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “conviction” shall include a plea of nolo contendere.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 9 Forgery and Fraudulent Practices","Article 6 Computer Systems Protection","PART 2 Spam E-mail"],"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":"483acc347509f54e860aed494acfda6282522270eb9a24f6d5ea8222761fc620","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-9-101","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-9-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}