2025 Georgia Codes – Page 57

(a) A person commits the offense of possession of tools for the commission of crime when he has in his pos-
session any tool, explosive, or other device commonly used in the commission of burglary, theft, or other
crime with the intent to make use thereof in the commission of a crime.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of possession of tools for the commission of crime shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she intentionally damages any property of
another without consent of that other person and the damage thereto is $500.00 or less or knowingly and
maliciously interferes with the possession or use of the property of another person without consent of that
person.
(b) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she knowingly and without authority:
(1) Enters upon the land or premises of another person or into any part of any vehicle, railroad car, aircraft,
or watercraft of another person for an unlawful purpose;
(2) Enters upon the land or premises of another person or into any part of any vehicle, railroad car, aircraft,
or watercraft of another person after receiving, prior to such entry, notice from the owner, rightful occupant,
or, upon proper identification, an authorized representative of the owner or rightful occupant that such entry
is forbidden; or
(3) Remains upon the land or premises of another person or within the vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or
watercraft of another person after receiving notice from the owner, rightful occupant, or, upon proper iden-
tification, an authorized representative of the owner or rightful occupant to depart.
(c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this Code section, permission to enter or invitation to enter given
by a minor who is or is not present on or in the property of the minor’s parent or guardian is not sufficient
to allow lawful entry of another person upon the land, premises, vehicle, railroad car, aircraft, or watercraft
owned or rightfully occupied by such minor’s parent or guardian if such parent or guardian has previously
given notice that such entry is forbidden or notice to depart.
(d) A person who commits the offense of criminal trespass shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass when he or she intentionally defaces, mutilates, or
defiles any grave marker, monument, or memorial to one or more deceased persons who served in the mili-
tary service of this state, the United States of America or any of the states thereof, or the Confederate States
of America or any of the states thereof, or a monument, plaque, marker, or memorial which is dedicated to,
honors, or recounts the military service of any past or present military personnel of this state, the United
States of America or any of the states thereof, or the Confederate States of America or any of the states
thereof if such grave marker, monument, memorial, plaque, or marker is privately owned or located on land
which is privately owned.