O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-6-91 (2019)

Controlled burning by owners over own forest land

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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Unless prohibited by the director of the State Forestry Commission pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 12-6-17, the owners of any forest land may accomplish controlled burning over their own land when a permit therefor is obtained pursuant to the requirements of Code Section 12-6-90 and the fire is not allowed to spread onto or over the land of another or others.

History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 15; Ga. L. 1988, p. 477, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. - Burning of wood-

lands, brush, fields, or other lands; destruction of or damage to material or device used in detection or suppression of

wildfires; § 16-7-63.

FOREST RESOURCES & OTHER PLANT LIFE penalties

for

violations,

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Construed with other laws. - Ga. L. 1949, p. 937, § 15 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-6-91) does not conflict with Ga. L.

1955, p. 309, § 26 (see O.C.G.A. § 12-6-17). 1954-56 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 343.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fires, § 1. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, § 7. C.J.S. - 36A C.J.S., Fires, § 2. 73A C.J.S., Public Lands, § 2. ALR. - Validity and application of

statutes imposing upon the owner or occupant liability for expense of fighting fire starting on his land or property, 90 A.L.R.2d 873.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Morgan v. Horton, 707 S.E.2d 144 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).

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Morgan v. Horton, 707 S.E.2d 144 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 12-6-90 (permit requirements for burning vegetation on property); see also OCGA § 12-6-91 (Unless otherwise prohibited, “the owners of any forest land may accomplish controlled burning over their own land when a permit therefor is obtained pursuant to the requirements…”

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