O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 27-2-42 (2019)

Penalty for violating

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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It shall be unlawful for any person whose license, privilege, or right to hunt, fish, trap, possess, or transport wildlife, having been suspended or revoked pursuant to this article, to exercise that right or privilege within this state or to purchase or possess such a license which grants such right or privilege. Any person who hunts, fishes, traps, possesses, or transports wildlife in this state or who purchases or possesses a license to hunt, fish, trap, possess, or transport wildlife in this state in violation of such suspension or revocation pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,500.00 nor more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or both.

History

(Code 1981, § 27-2-42, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1179, § 1.)

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, punctuation was revised in this Code section.

CHAPTER 3 WILDLIFE GENERALLY Sec.

Article 1 Hunting PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec.

Requirement of permission to hunt on lands of another; written permission; enforcement; immunity of landowner from civil liability.