Title 27 — Game And Fish
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O.C.G.A. § 27-5-1 Legislative intent and findings
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The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare by strictly regulating in this state the importation, transportation, sale, transfer, and possession of those wild animals which pose a possibility of: (1) H…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-11 Wild animal auction license; applications; filing requirements
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘auction’’ means a public or private sale of wild animals to the highest bidder. (b) No person shall conduct an auction of wild animals without first obtaining a wild animal auction license from the department. Such license shall be goo…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-2 Powers of board generally
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(a) The board shall have the authority to regulate the importation, transportation, sale, and possession of wild animals when and to the extent that the importation, transportation, sale, or possession poses a possibility of: (1) Harmful competition for wildlife; (2) The introduc…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-3 Powers of department generally
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(a) The department shall have the authority to prescribe the form and contents for the license and permit applications provided for in this chapter. (b) The department shall issue or deny all permits and licenses required by this chapter and any rules and regulations adopted purs…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-4 Wild animal licenses and permits generally
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(a) Unless otherwise provided in Code Section 27-5-5, it shall be unlawful for any person to import, transport, transfer, sell, purchase, or possess any wild animal listed in Code Section 27-5-5 or specified by the board by regulation without first obtaining a wild animal license…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-5 Wild animals for which license or permit required
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(a) The following animals are considered to be inherently dangerous to human beings and are subject to the license or permit and insurance requirements provided for in subsection (f ) of Code Section 27-5-4: (1) Class Mammalia: (A) Order Marsupialia: Genus Macropus (Kangaroos, wa…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-7 Release or escape from captivity
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It shall be unlawful for any person to release from captivity any wild animal as defined in paragraph (75) of Code Section 27-1-2 or to import, transport, sell, transfer, or possess such a wild animal in such a manner so as to cause its release or escape from captivity. In the ev…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-8 Cross references
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— Property rights in animals, § 44-1-8. Ownership of de- posit and offspring by wild animals on land, § 44-1-9. 27-5-9. 27-5-10. 27-5-11. 27-5-12. Seizure of wild animals as contraband; civil action to recover animals. Seizure of wild animals pursuant to administrative order; app…
O.C.G.A. § 27-5-9 Seizure of wild animals pursuant to administrative order; appeal
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(a) Authorized personnel of the department may seize any wild animal regulated by this chapter pursuant to an administrative order or an emergency administrative order issued by the department. (b) In the event that any person is adversely affected by a seizure pursuant to an adm…