Rebuttable Presumption of Criminal Receipt of Goods and Services Fraudulently Obtained

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A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transportation company from other than an authorized agent of such company, which ticket was acquired in violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-33 without reasonable inquiry to ascertain that the person from whom it was obtained had a legal right to possess it shall be rebuttably presumed to know that such ticket was acquired under circumstances constituting a violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-9-33 if the ticket shows on its face that it was issued through the use of a financial transaction card or that it is otherwise nonrefundable.

(Code 1933, § 26-1705.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 128, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1705.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1083, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Receiving and Transporting Stolen Property, § 7.

C.J.S.

- 76 C.J.S., Receiving or Tranferring Stolen Goods, § 4.

ALR.

- Signing credit charge or credit sales slip, as forgery, 90 A.L.R.2d 822.

Liability of holder of credit card or plate for purchases made thereon by another person, 15 A.L.R.3d 1086.


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