Venue

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Crimes and Offenses
  4. Offenses Involving Theft
  5. Residential Mortgage Fraud
  6. Venue

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For the purpose of venue under this article, any violation of this article shall be considered to have been committed:

  1. In the county in which the residential property for which a mortgage loan is being sought is located;
  2. In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of the violation;
  3. In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this article had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation;
  4. If a closing occurred, in any county in which the closing occurred; or
  5. In any county in which a document containing a deliberate misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission is filed with the official registrar of deeds.

(Code 1981, §16-8-103, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 848, § 2/SB 100.)


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