Abandonment of Dead Dogs - Upon Private Property

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No person shall intentionally abandon a dead dog on any private property belonging to another unless the person so doing shall have first obtained permission from the owner of the property on which the dog is being left and the provisions of Code Section 4-5-3 are complied with in full.

(Ga. L. 1969, p. 831, § 1; Code 1981, §4-8-1; Code 1981, §4-8-1.1, redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 1/HB 685.)

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, redesignated former Code Section 4-8-1 as present Code Section 4-8-1.1.

Cross references.

- Solid waste management, § 12-8-20 et seq.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 6/HB 685, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Code section shall apply to proceedings for the classification and registration of dogs which are pending on July 1, 2012, as well as to such proceedings which arise on or after July 1, 2012.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 21.

C.J.S.

- 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 1. 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, § 56.

ALR.

- Validity and construction of statute, ordinance, or regulation applying to specific dog breeds, such as "pit bulls" or "bull terriers", 80 A.L.R.4th 70.


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