O.C.G.A.
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.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person who violates any of the provisions of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that unless otherwise specifically provided, any person who violates any of the provisions of this title or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto relating to the possession or use of fishing gear on trawlers shall be a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and shall be fined $1,000.00 for the first offense, $3,000.00 for the second offense, and $5,000.00 for the third and each subsequent offense.
History
(Code 1933, § 45-216, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1232, § 1.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Sufficiency of evidence. - For cases finding sufficient evidence to support a conviction of hunting with an unplugged pump shotgun, see Beard v. State, 151 Ga. App. 724, 261 S.E.2d 404 (1979).
Cited in Holzmeister v. State, 156 Ga. App. 94, 274 S.E.2d 109 (1980).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting required. - Violation of O.C.G.A. § 27-1-38 is an offense
requiring fingerprinting. 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2002-7.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases, 1986–2020 · leading case:
Thornton v. State, 310 Ga. 460 (Ga. 2020).
Thornton v. State, 310 Ga. 460 (Ga. 2020).
· cites it 2× “See OCGA § 27-1-38 (generally classifying violations of Game and Fish Code as 10 misdemeanor offenses).”
Ford v. State, 344 S.E.2d 514 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986).
· cites it 2× “OCGA § 27-1-31 provides, in pertinent part: “It shall be unlawful for any person to make use of or possess any wildlife or parts thereof which he knows or reasonably should have known have been taken or possessed contrary to any of the wildlife laws, rules, and regulations.”
Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Blue Ridge Mountain Fisheries, Inc., 417 S.E.2d 12 (Ga. 1992).
· cites it 2× “” (b) OCGA § 27-1-38 provides the penalty for violating OCGA § 27-5-5 (4): Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person who violates any of the provisions of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
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