O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 27-3-40 (2019)
Required clothing
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer or for any person to accompany another person hunting deer during the firearms deer season unless each person shall wear a total of at least 500 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange material as an outer garment. Such clothing must be worn above the waistline and may include a head covering.
History
(Ga. L. 1973, p. 711, § 1; Code 1933, § 45-517, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Cumbess v. State, 241 Ga. 421, 246 S.E.2d 186 (1978). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fish, Game, and Wildlife Conservation, §§ 53, 59 et seq.
C.J.S. - 38 C.J.S., Game; Conservation and Preservation of Wildlife, §§ 55, 56.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Dowis v. State, 501 S.E.2d 275 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
Dowis v. State, 501 S.E.2d 275 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). “Dowis was not wearing the fluorescent clothing required by OCGA § 27-3-40, although he had a fluorescent vest in his pocket.”
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