O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-11-137 (2019)

Required possession of weapons carry license or proof of exemption when carrying a weapon; detention for investigation of carrying permit

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) Every license holder shall have his or her valid weapons carry license in his or her immediate possession at all times when carrying a weapon, or if such person is exempt from having a weapons carry license pursuant to Code Section 16-11-130 or subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-127.1, he or she shall have proof of his or her exemption in his or her immediate possession at all times when carrying a weapon, and his or her failure to do so shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of the applicable provision of Code Sections 16-11-126 through

(b) A person carrying a weapon shall not be subject to detention for the sole purpose of investigating whether such person has a weapons carry license.

(c) A person convicted of a violation of this Code section shall be fined not more than $10.00 if he or she produces in court his or her weapons carry license, provided that it was valid at the time of his or her arrest, or produces proof of his or her exemption.

History

(Code 1981, § 16-11-137, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 1-2/HB 826; Code 1981, § 16-11-137, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-10/HB 60.)

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2014, the enactment of this Code section by Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 1-2/HB 826, was treated as impliedly repealed and superseded by Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-10/HB 60, due to irreconcilable conflict. Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2014, p. 599,

§ 1-1/HB 60, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Safe Carry Protection Act.’ ’’

Law reviews. - For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 47 (2014).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weapons and Firearms, § 10 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Georgia Carry Org, Inc. v. Brian Kabler, 580 F. App'x 695 (11th Cir. 2014).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Georgia Carry Org, Inc. v. Brian Kabler, 580 F. App'x 695 (11th Cir. 2014). “See O.C.G.A. § 16-11-137(b). For this reason, Appellants cannot demonstrate the “substantial likelihood that [they] will suffer injury in the future” necessary to establish their standing to assert these claims.”
— 16-11-137(b) — 1 case
Georgia Carry Org, Inc. v. Brian Kabler, 580 F. App'x 695 (11th Cir. 2014). “See O.C.G.A. § 16-11-137(b). For this reason, Appellants cannot demonstrate the “substantial likelihood that [they] will suffer injury in the future” necessary to establish their standing to assert these claims.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.