{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-9-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-9-50","heading":"Deceptive business practices.","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice when in the regular course of business he knowingly:\n(1) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity;\n(2) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale or delivers less than the represented quality or quantity of any commodity; or\n(3) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure.\n(b) Any person who commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 9 Forgery and Fraudulent Practices","Article 4 Fraud and Related Offenses"],"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":"5b256fd84ec727a1a8beae139bae225f9e1ba5825f9249b65c3a10ac0e4ca744","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-9-40","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-9-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}