§ 16-42. Public intoxication.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to be and appear on the streets or roads of the county or in any public place or place of business patronized by the public in a state of intoxication or incapacitation caused by illicit drugs, alcohol, concentrated vapors, or inhalants. The condition of intoxication or incapacitation shall be manifested by boisterousness, public indecency as defined by section 16-60, indecent acts, vulgar, profane, or loud language, unconsciousness, disorientation or the inability to care for his or her own needs or recognize obvious dangers.

(Code 1976, § 10-1005; Ord. No. 16-03, Pt. I, 7-8-03)

State law reference

Public drunkenness, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-41.