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

O.C.G.A. § 27-3-21 (2019)

Killing of bears by property owners

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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.
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Any property owner or his or her agent shall have the right to petition the department to remove any bear which shall constitute a clear and immediate threat to his or her property. The property owner shall petition the department for such removal on a form containing such information as may be necessary for the proper evaluation and consideration of the application. Removal shall occur only in cases where the department has determined that the removal of the bear is justified. Representatives of the department are authorized to investigate claims of damage and the necessity of removal of the bear prior to taking action on the petition.

History

(Code 1933, § 45-529, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1755, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 392, § 2.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fish, Game, and Wildlife Conservation, §§ 25, 45, 59 et seq.

C.J.S. - 38 C.J.S., Game; Conservation and Preservation of Wildlife, § 4.