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O.C.G.A. § 12-6-84 — Entry upon land for fire-prevention purposes or investigations | Georgia Code

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TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 6. Forest Resources and Other Plant Life, 12-6-1 through 12-6-247.

ARTICLE 1 FOREST RESOURCES

12-6-84. Entry upon land for fire-prevention purposes or investigations.

The members of the State Forestry Commission and any of its authorized agents or anyone acting at their direction shall have the right at any or all times to go upon any land for the purpose of preventing, controlling, or suppressing forest fires, as defined in Code Section 12-6-82, or for the purpose of making investigations, without incurring liability for trespassing.

(Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 13; Ga. L. 1955, p. 309, § 33.)

Cross references.

- Right of organized fire suppression force to suppress nuisance as constituted by uncontrolled fire on forested or cut-over brush land or grassland, § 12-6-21.

Authority of commission to enter upon lands to investigate, suppress, and control tree diseases or insect infestation, § 12-6-22.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Commission personnel not required to accompany firefighters' entry onto lands.

- In view of the phrase, "at any or all times," it is not essential that private firefighters enter lands only when accompanied by, or in the presence of, State Forestry Commission personnel. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 349.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Inspection Laws, §§ 1, 2.

C.J.S.

- 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 145.

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