O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-11-109 (2019)

Activities prohibited to person charged with violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-108; penalty for violation of Code section; surrender of hunting license

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) It shall be unlawful during the pendency of such charges and any period of license revocation and ineligibility pursuant to Code Section 16-11-110 for any person charged with or convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-108 to either:

(1) Hunt without a license in violation of Code Section 27-2-1; or

(2) Possess a Georgia hunting license other than a temporary hunting license issued by the director of the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-108.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.

(c) Upon conviction of a violation of subsection (a) of this Code section, the court shall, within 15 days of such conviction, forward any hunting license found in the possession of the convicted person and a copy of the record of the disposition of the case to the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources.

History

(Code 1981, § 16-11-109, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 292, § 1.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting required for violators. - Violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-109 is a felony, and persons charged with a

violation must be fingerprinted pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-3-33(1)(A)(i). 1989 Op. Att’y Gen. 89-52.