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

O.C.G.A. § 27-2-28 (2019)

Refusing inspection of identification or license; making

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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false statements in obtaining license or permit; counterfeiting or alteration; unlawful collection of funds.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who is required to have on his person any license, permit, or stamp issued under this title to refuse the inspection of such license, permit, or stamp upon demand by a conservation ranger or deputy conservation ranger. It shall also be unlawful for any such person, upon demand by a conservation ranger or deputy conservation ranger, to refuse to provide a driver’s license or equally reliable identification of such person and his current residence.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to make any false statement as to any fact which is required as a prerequisite to the issuance of a license or permit; and any license or permit obtained in violation of this Code section is void. Any license agent may require the applicant for a license or permit to show proof of any statement or facts required for issuance of any license or permit.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to counterfeit, change, or alter or to attempt to counterfeit, change, or alter any license or permit issued pursuant to this title. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a license agent authorized by the department or authorized personnel of the department, to collect any funds for any license or permit issued pursuant to this title or to charge a fee to obtain any such license or permit.

History

(Ga. L. 1924, p. 101, § 36; Ga. L. 1925, p. 302, § 27; Code 1933, §§ 45-203, 45-214; Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, §§ 29, 30; Ga. L. 1968, p. 497, § 8; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1290, § 1; Code 1933, § 45-302, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 924, § 2; Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 12/HB 208.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 20/HB 208, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section by that Act shall be applicable to all offenses occurring on or after July 1, 2017.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Licenses obtained in violation of O.C.G.A. § 27-2-28 are void. - See

Blackwelder v. State, 256 Ga. 283, 347 S.E.2d 600 (1986).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 36A C.J.S., Fish, § 28. 38 C.J.S., Game; Conservation and Preservation of Wildlife, § 52.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2003 · leading case: State v. Jourdan, 589 S.E.2d 682 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).
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State v. Jourdan, 589 S.E.2d 682 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “9 OCGA § 27-2-28 (a) requires any person required to carry a license, permit, or stamp issued pursuant to the Game and Fish Code to allow the inspection of such hunting license, permit, or stamp by a conservation ranger and to produce his driver’s license or other equally…”
Elzey v. State, 519 S.E.2d 751 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to OCGA § 27-2-28 (a), it is unlawful for an individual to refuse to produce his hunting license or permit, as well as his driver’s license or other equally reliable identification, when requested to do so by a DNR officer.”
Blackwelder v. State, 347 S.E.2d 600 (Ga. 1986). · cites it 2× “It is the position of the state that Blackwelder obtained the licenses illegally because, although he is over 65, he is in fact a resident of Virginia.”
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