Georgia Code

TITLE 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 7. DAMAGE TO AND INTRUSION UPON PROPERTY
ARTICLE 2. CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

O.C.G.A. § 16-7-23 (2015)

§ 16-7-23. Criminal damage to property in the second degree

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree when he:

(1) Intentionally damages any property of another person without his consent and the damage thereto exceeds $500.00; or

(2) Recklessly or intentionally, by means of fire or explosive, damages property of another person.

(b) A person convicted of the offense of criminal damage to property in the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.