Revenge Porn Laws in Georgia

Yes. Knowingly and without consent electronically sending or posting a nude or sexually explicit photo or video of an adult (including a falsely created image) that harasses the person or causes financial loss and serves no legitimate purpose is a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature (up to 12 months and $5,000); a second or later violation is a felony with 1 to 5 years and up to a $100,000 fine. Posting it on a website or file-sharing site that advertises sexually explicit content is a felony with 1 to 5 years (2 to 5 years for a repeat) and up to $100,000. Exceptions include law enforcement, legitimate medical or educational use, images showing only the sender, commercial content, and voluntary public nudity.

Georgia's rule on court-appointed lawyers: Applicants must complete and sign an application and verification and are interviewed at the detention center or the public defender's office. Income standards under O.C.G.A. § 17-12-2, as stated by the public defender office: for misdemeanors, probation violations and county or municipal offenses, a person who 'earns less than 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines'; for juveniles, those 'whose parents earn less than 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines'; for felonies, 'less than 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines' — each with an exception for people with other resources that could reasonably pay for a lawyer, and no one with income above 150 percent of the federal poverty level is considered indigent. Application fee: Georgia law requires every person who applies for public defense services 'to pay the Public Defender Office a single fee of $50'; 'The court shall waive this fee if it finds that you are unable to pay the fee or that hardship will result if the fee is charged.' Attorney fees for court-appointed representation may also be imposed by the court at sentencing. O.C.G.A. §§ 15-21A-6(b), 17-12-2 (as quoted by the Chatham County Public Defender Office, Eastern Judicial Circuit)

Lawyers set their own fees, and Georgia has rules on how they may charge. See hiring a criminal defense lawyer in Georgia for fee rules, how to check a lawyer's license and free help.

Each state sets its own rules for sealing or expunging records. See Georgia expungement and record sealing rules.