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2018 Georgia Code 27-5-7 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 27-5-7 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 27-5-7

TITLE 27 GAME AND FISH

Section 5. Wild Animals, 27-5-1 through 27-5-12.

ARTICLE 7 LIMITED LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SPORT FISHING LOCATIONS

27-5-7. Release or escape from captivity.

It shall be unlawful for any person to release from captivity any wild animal as defined in paragraph (75) of Code Section 27-1-2 or to import, transport, sell, transfer, or possess such a wild animal in such a manner so as to cause its release or escape from captivity.In the event a person imports, transports, sells, transfers, or possesses a wild animal in such a manner so as to pose a reasonable possibility that such wild animal may be released accidentally or escape from captivity, the department may revoke the license or permit, or both, of such person pursuant to the procedure set forth in Code Section 27-2-25.

(Code 1933, § 45-1104, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1094, § 13; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1742, § 4.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fish, Game, and Wildlife Conservation, § 48 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Fish, §§ 35, 38. 38 C.J.S., Game; Conservation and Protection of Wildlife, §§ 41, 54, 57.

ALR.

- Owner's or keeper's liability for personal injury or death inflicted by wild animal, 21 A.L.R.3d 603.

Governmental liability from operation of zoo, 92 A.L.R.3d 832.

Liability of United States, under Federal Tort Claims Act (28 USCS secs. 1346, 2671 et seq.), for death or injury sustained by visitor to national park or national forest, 66 A.L.R. Fed. 305.

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