O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-19-10 (2019)

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

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State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health, Disease Surveillance and Control, Subject 511-2-7.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Control of rabies generally is delegated to county boards of health and control of dangerous drugs is vested with State Board of Pharmacy and state drug inspector (now director of Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency). 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 75-23. Expense of confining animals exhibiting signs of rabies included in county board’s budget. - Local county boards of health should prescribe rules for prevention and control of rabies by providing for vaccination, tagging, and certification of dogs, and for confinement of any

animal which exhibits any signs of rabies; cost of such confinement would be an expense of county board of health to be included in the board’s budget which is submitted to local taxing authorities under provisions of Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1. 1965-66 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 65-21. Responsibility of county boards of health regarding strays and unwanted dogs. - Local county boards of health should adopt rules and regulations relative to catching and impounding of strays and unwanted dogs. 1965-66 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 65-21.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 123. ALR. - Liability for injuries inflicted by rabid dog, 13 A.L.R. 492. Constitutionality of ‘‘dog laws,’’ 49 A.L.R. 847. Right to and measure of compensation

for animals or trees destroyed to prevent spread of disease or infection, 67 A.L.R. 208. Liability for injuries caused by cat, 68 A.L.R.4th 823.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Mcleod v. Dukes (M.D. Ga. 2020).

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Mcleod v. Dukes (M.D. Ga. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 16-12-4 and failure to provide proof of vaccinations pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 31-19-10. (Doc. 59-8). That same day, a Brooks County Magistrate Judge issued a search warrant authorizing the search of the property located at 1675 Liberty Church Road and the seizure of an…”

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