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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Animals
  4. Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock
  5. Deer Farming
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Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1981, §4-4-181, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1395, § 2.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting of offenders.

- An offense covered by O.C.G.A. § 4-4-181 is not currently designated as an offense requiring fingerprinting. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 97-330.

CHAPTER 5 DISPOSAL OF DISEASED, DISABLED, OR DEAD ANIMALS

Sec.

  • 4-5-1. Short title.
  • 4-5-2. "Dead animals" defined.
  • 4-5-3. Abandonment of dead animals; requirements as to disposal generally; disposal in wells, open pits, or surface waters or on private or public property; disposal in city or county landfill.
  • 4-5-4. Removal and disposition of dead animals within highway rights of way generally.
  • 4-5-5. Methods of disposal of dead animals.
  • 4-5-6. Destruction of diseased and disabled animals which have been abandoned.
  • 4-5-7. Disposal of dead animals and waste material; approval by Commissioner.
  • 4-5-8. Restriction upon transportation of dead animals or parts thereof into state.
  • 4-5-9. Prohibition or restriction on transport of dead animals; permit issuance.
  • 4-5-10. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
  • 4-5-11. Penalty for violations of chapter or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
Cross references.

- Regulation of facilities for handling, disposing of, and other activities concerning solid waste, § 12-8-20 et seq.

Regulation by Commissioner of business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce dead and dying animals, etc., animals or carcasses of such animals, § 26-2-130 et seq.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Dead animals, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Agriculture, Chapter 40-16-2.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and application of statutes, ordinances, and other regulations relating to transportation or disposal of carcasses of dead animals not slaughtered for food, 121 A.L.R. 732.

Liability for killing or injuring, by motor vehicle, livestock or fowl on highway, 55 A.L.R.4th 822.


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