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2018 Georgia Code 27-1-18 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 27-1-18 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 27-1-18

TITLE 27 GAME AND FISH

Section 1. General Provisions, 27-1-1 through 27-1-39.

27-1-18. Powers of conservation rangers generally.

  1. Conservation rangers shall have the power and authority:
    1. To enforce all state laws on all property owned or controlled by the department;
    2. To enforce all state laws pertaining to functions assigned to the department;
    3. To enforce any state law when the violation of that law is committed in conjunction with a violation of a state law pertaining to functions assigned to the department;
    4. To enforce any state law when ordered to do so by the Governor or to protect any life or property when the circumstances demand action; and
    5. At the expense of the department, to assist the Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in carrying out their duties and responsibilities when requested to do so by the Department of Public Safety or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
  2. The commissioner may, and in the case of a request by the Governor shall, authorize and direct the department's conservation rangers to cooperate with and render assistance to any law enforcement agency of this state or any municipality, county, or other political subdivision thereof in any criminal case, in the prevention or detection of violations of any law, or in the apprehension or arrest of persons who violate the criminal laws of this state, any other state, or the United States, upon a request by the governing authority or chief law enforcement officer of any municipality, the sheriff of any county, a judge of the superior court of any county, or the Governor.

(Ga. L. 1973, p. 1483, § 3; Code 1933, § 45-118, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 816, § 11; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 27; Ga. L. 1990, p. 376, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Authority of conservation rangers to inspect coastal marshland to ascertain whether laws pertaining to protection of such areas are being observed, § 12-5-286.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Fish, §§ 29, 30.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 27-1-18

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Thornton v. State, 310 Ga. 460 (Ga. 2020).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 12, 2020

...See OCGA § 27-1-38 (generally classifying violations of Game and Fish Code as 10 misdemeanor offenses). In addition, game wardens are expressly authorized “[t]o enforce all state laws on property owned or controlled by [DNR,]” OCGA § 27-1-18 (a) (1); “[t]o enforce any state law when the violation of that law is committed in conjunction with a violation of a state law pertaining to functions assigned to [DNR,]” OCGA § 27-1-18 (a) (3); “[t]o enforce any state law when ordered to do so by the Governor or to protect any life or property when the circumstances demand action[,]” OCGA § 27-1-18 (a) (4); upon the direction of the Commissioner of Natural Resources, and at the request of the Governor or certain judicial or law enforcement officers, “to cooperate with and render assistance to any law enforcement agency ....
...This argument is plausible, see Zilke v. State, 299 Ga. 232 (787 SE2d 745) (2016),7 but to resolve this case, we need not decide whether it is meritorious. Although some of the powers conferred by statute upon DNR game wardens are territorially limited, see, e.g., OCGA § 27-1-18 (power “[t]o enforce all state laws 7 In Zilke, this Court held that another statute generally authorizing law enforcement officers to make arrests for traffic offenses committed in their presence, OCGA § 17-4-23 (a), did not...
...lations pertaining to wildlife and to boating safety”), game wardens also are authorized by statute to exercise general law enforcement powers without respect to territory or subject matter in a wide variety of circumstances. See, e.g., OCGA §§ 27-1-18 (a) (4) (authority “[t]o enforce any state law when ordered to do so by the Governor or to protect any life or property when the circumstances demand action”); 27-1-18 (b) (authority in some circumstances “to cooperate with and render assistance to any law enforcement agency ....