{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-7","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-14-7","heading":"Selling or disposing of motor vehicle securing bill of sale with intent to defraud; penalty.","body":"After having given a bill of sale to secure debt or other security instrument to any motor vehicle, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of the motor vehicle or to cause the motor vehicle to be moved outside of the state before the payment of the debt secured by the security instrument if the sale, disposition, or removal is without the consent of and with the intent to defraud the holder of the security instrument and if loss is thereby sustained by the holder of the security instrument. Any person who is convicted of violating this Code section shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 14 Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens","Article 1 In General"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"1f31cca25629600aac1eb9c03fda23fde89be6343bf634abbceaa38077c88413","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-14-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}