O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 27-1-1 (2019)
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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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This title shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Game and Fish Code.’’
History
(Code 1933, § 45-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1984–1999 · leading case: Elzey v. State, 519 S.E.2d 751 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
Elzey v. State, 519 S.E.2d 751 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). “See OCGA § 27-1-1 et seq. Pursuant to OCGA § 27-1-3 (a), all wildlife in Georgia is owned by the state and within the custody of the DNR.”
Maddox v. State, 312 S.E.2d 325 (Ga. 1984). “Maddox was convicted for the violation of a provision of the "Game and Fish Code," OCGA § 27-1-1 et seq. (Code Ann. § 45-101), even though the fish which he sold belonged to him and were taken from a private pond located completely on his property, were unable to move about…”
Blue Ridge Mountain Fisheries, Inc. v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 456 S.E.2d 651 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). “” OCGA § 27-1-1 et seq. Under it, animals and fish are generally classified as either domestic species, wildlife, or wild animals.”
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