{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-8-21","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, the term:\n(1) “DCS” means the Department of Community Supervision.\n(2) “Officer” means a community supervision officer as defined in Code Section 42-3-1.\n(3) “Qualified offense” means a felony offense of:\n(A) Burglary in the second degree in violation of Code Section 16-7-1;\n(B) Possession of tools for the commission of crime in violation of Code Section 16-7-20;\n(C) Criminal damage to property in the second degree in violation of Code Section 16-7-23;\n(D) Interference with government property in violation of Code Section 16-7-24;\n(E) Arson in the third degree in violation of Code Section 16-7-62;\n(F) Burning of woodlands, brush, fields, or other lands in violation of Code Section 16-7-63 when the punishment is as set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-7-63;\n(G) Theft in violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 when the punishment is as set forth in subparagraph (a)(1)(B) or (a)(1)(C) of Code Section 16-8-12;\n(H) Theft by shoplifting in violation of Code Section 16-8-14;\n(I) Refund fraud in violation of Code Section 16-8-14.1;\n(J) Conversion of payments for real property improvements in violation of Code Section 16-8-15;\n(K) Entering an automobile or other motor vehicle with intent to commit theft or felony in violation of Code Section 16-8-18;\n(L) Livestock theft in violation of Code Section 16-8-20;\n(M) Forgery in violation of Code Section 16-9-1;\n(N) Printing, executing, or negotiating checks, drafts, orders, or debit card sales drafts knowing information thereon to be in error, fictitious, or assigned to another account holder in violation of Code Section 16-9-21;\n(O) Financial transaction card offenses in violation of Code Section 16-9-31, 16-9-32, 16-9-33, 16-9-34, 16-9-35, 16-9-36.1, or 16-9-37, provided that the aggregate value of the loss does not exceed $25,000.00;\n(P) Failing to pay for natural products or chattels in violation of Code Section 16-9-58;\n(Q) Purchasing, possessing, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, administering, selling, or possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances, marijuana, counterfeit substances, or flunitrazepam in violation of Code Section 16-13-30;\n(R) Unlawfully manufacturing, delivering, distributing, selling, or possessing with the intent to distribute noncontrolled substances in violation of Code Section 16-13-30.1;\n(S) Possession of substances containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine or sales of products containing those ingredients in violation of Code Section 16-13-30.3 when the punishment is as set forth in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 16-13-30.3; and\n(T) Violation of Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 when the punishment is as set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 16-13-79.","path":["TITLE 42 Penal Institutions","CHAPTER 8 Probation","Article 2 State-wide Probation System"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.42.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":"15fa55ba0be5b0d346eeacbc40abab9f7c9c07dc21151de657190dd218403e1b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-8-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}