O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 27-3-28 (2019)

Person may take possession of native wildlife which has been killed by a motor vehicle

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, any person may lawfully possess native wildlife which has been accidentally killed by a motor vehicle. The following exceptions and conditions to this general rule shall apply:

(1) Any person taking possession of a bear accidentally killed by a motor vehicle shall notify the department or a law enforcement officer of the fact and location of the taking of possession and his or her name and address within 48 hours after taking possession of the bear; and

(2) This Code section shall not authorize any person to take possession of any animal of a species designated as a protected species under Article 5 of this chapter or under federal law.

(b) A law enforcement officer receiving a report of a person taking possession of a bear under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall in turn transmit the reported information to the department within 48 hours after receipt of such information.

History

(Code 1981, § 27-3-28, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 952, § 7/SB 474.)

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - Offense arising from a violation of O.C.G.A. § 27-3-28 does not appear to be an offense

for which fingerprinting is required. 2010 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 10-6.