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2018 Georgia Code 12-6-91 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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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

12-6-91. Controlled burning by owners over own forest land.

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.

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

Cross references.

- Burning of woodlands, brush, fields, or other lands; destruction of or damage to material or device used in detection or suppression of wildfires; penalties for violations, § 16-7-63.

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.

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