Prohibited acts

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell pine straw to a pine straw dealer or seller within the State of Georgia without presenting to the pine straw dealer or seller a certificate of harvest or landowner’s certificate of harvest. (b) It shall be unlawful for any pine straw dealer or seller within the State of Georgia to purchase pine straw without first obtaining a 737 12-6-203 CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES. 12-6-206 certificate of harvest or landowner’s certificate of harvest from the seller. History. — Code 1981, § 12-6-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 386, § 1. 12-6-204. Stop sale, stop use, or removal orders to owners or custodians of pine straw. The director may issue and enforce written or printed stop sale, stop use, or removal orders to the owners or custodians of any pine straw ordering them to hold the same at a designated place, when the director finds that such pine straw is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of this article, until the law has been complied with and such pine straw has been released, in writing, by the director, or until such violations have been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The director shall release pine straw products when the requirements of this article have been complied with. History. — Code 1981, § 12-6-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 386, § 1. 12-6-205. Seizure of pine straw obtained or offered for sale in violation of article. Any pine straw obtained or offered for sale in violation of this article shall be subject to seizure on the complaint of the director to the superior court of the county in which the pine straw is found. If the court finds the pine straw to be in violation of this article, and orders its condemnation, the pine straw shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with its quantity, the interests of the parties, and the laws of this state, provided that in no instance shall the pine straw be ordered by the court to be disposed of without first giving the person claiming the pine straw an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the pine straw in such manner as to bring it into compliance with this article. History. — Code 1981, § 12-6-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 386, § 1. 12-6-206. Harvesting or handling pine straw for home or personal use.