{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-154","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-5-154","heading":"Limited prohibition on sale or purchase of body parts.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person that for valuable consideration knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000.00 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.\n(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 5 Acquisition and Loss of Property","Article 6 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gifts"],"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":"1aabf3dd983eca049b0edf224eb8c67c0e445881a20deb284438fd59d31dcebd","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-153","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-5-155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}