2025 Georgia Codes – Page 92

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) “Official rating” means the official rating of a motion picture by the Classification and Rating Adminis-
tration of the Motion Picture Association of America.
(2) “Video movie” means a videotape, video cassette, video disc, any prerecorded video display or visual
depiction, any prerecorded device that can be converted to a visual depiction, or other reproduction or
reconstruction of a motion picture.
(b) No person may sell, rent, loan, or otherwise disseminate or distribute for monetary consideration a video
movie unless the official rating of the motion picture from which the video movie is copied is clearly and
prominently displayed in boldface type on the outside of the cassette, case, jacket, or other covering contain-
ing the video movie. Such video movie shall be clearly and prominently marked as “not rated” if:
(1) The motion picture from which the video movie is copied has no official rating;
(2) The official rating of the motion picture from which the video movie is copied is not readily available to
such person; or
(3) The video movie has been altered so that its content materially differs from the motion picture.
(c) Any person who violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine of not more than $100.00.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) “Audiovisual recording device” means any device capable of recording or transmitting a motion picture,
or any part thereof, using any technology now known or later developed.
(2) “Facility” shall not include a personal residence.
(b) Any person who knowingly operates the recording function of an audiovisual recording device while a
motion picture is being exhibited, without the consent of the owner, operator, or lessee of the exhibition
facility and of the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited, shall be guilty of film piracy.
(c) The provisions of this Code section shall not be construed to prevent any lawfully authorized investiga-
tive, law enforcement, or intelligence personnel of the state or federal government from operating any audio-
visual recording device in a facility where a motion picture is being exhibited as part of their official duties
or activities.
(d) This Code section is not applicable to a person who operates an audiovisual recording device in a retail
establishment solely to demonstrate the use of the device for sales purposes.
(e) A prosecution under this Code section shall not preclude obtaining any other civil or criminal remedy
under any other provision of law.
(f) Violation of this Code section is a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and punishable upon con-
viction as provided in Code Section 17-10-4. A second or subsequent conviction for violation of this Code
section shall be punishable as a felony.

As used in this article, the term:
(1) “Chop shop” means any building, lot, or other premise where one or more persons knowingly engage in
altering, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or storing any motor vehicle or motor vehicle
part known to be illegally obtained by theft, fraud, or conspiracy to defraud in order to either:
(A) Alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identification, includ-
ing the vehicle identification number of such motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, in order to misrepre-
sent the identity of such motor vehicle or motor vehicle part or to prevent the identification of such motor
vehicle or motor vehicle part; or
(B) Sell or dispose of such motor vehicle or motor vehicle part.
(2) “Motor vehicle” includes every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be trans-
ported or drawn upon a highway which is self-propelled or which may be connected to and towed by a self-
propelled device and also includes any and all other land based devices which are self-propelled but which
are not designed for use upon a highway, including, but not limited to, farm machinery and construction
equipment.
(3) “Person” includes a natural person, company, corporation, unincorporated association, partnership, pro-
fessional corporation, and any other legal entity.
(4) “Unidentifiable” means that the uniqueness of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part cannot be established
by either expert law enforcement investigative personnel specially trained and experienced in motor vehicle
theft investigative procedures and motor vehicle identification examination techniques or by expert employ-
ees of not for profit motor vehicle theft prevention agencies specially trained and experienced in motor
vehicle theft investigation procedures and motor vehicle identification examination techniques.
(5) “Vehicle identification number” includes, but is not limited to, a number or numbers, a letter or letters,
a character or characters, a datum or data, a derivative or derivatives, or a combination or combinations
thereof, used by the manufacturer or the Department of Revenue for the purpose of uniquely identifying a
motor vehicle or motor vehicle part.