O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 4-8-20 (2019)

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✓ 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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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Dog Ownership Law.’’

History

(Code 1981, § 4-8-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 4/HB 685.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article on the 2012 enactment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 180 (2012).

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1990–2015 · leading case: Eshleman v. Key, 774 S.E.2d 96 (Ga. 2015).

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Eshleman v. Key, 774 S.E.2d 96 (Ga. 2015). · cites it 2× “2 But see OCGA § 4-8-21 (b) (at least for the purposes of the Responsible Dog Ownership Law, OCGA § 4-8-20 et seq., “[n]o dog shall be classified as a dangerous dog or vicious dog for actions that occur while the dog is being used by a law enforcement or military officer to…”

Jason Wyno v. Lowndes Cnty., 771 S.E.2d 207 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “The trial court dismissed the action against the county and the employees for failure to state a claim, concluding that sovereign and official immunity or, alternatively, the Responsible Dog Ownership Law, OCGA § 4-8-20 et seq., barred the action against those defendants.”

Griffiths v. Schafer, 478 S.E.2d 625 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 4-8-20 et seq. See OCGA § 4-8-21 (a) (6).”

United States v. Rodriguez, 737 F. Supp. 85 (M.D. Ga. 1990). · cites it 2× “Trooper Patrick testified that at the time that he noticed the defendants’ vehicle it was misting and the defendants did not have their headlights on as required by O.C.G.A. § 4-8-20. Trooper Patrick turned into the median and began to pursue the defendants.”

Eshleman v. Key (Ga. 2015). · cites it 2× “We already have held, on the other hand, that a generalized duty to merely exercise reasonable care may not 2 But see OCGA § 4-8-21 (b) (at least for the purposes of the Responsible Dog Ownership Law, OCGA § 4-8-20 et seq., “[n]o dog shall be classified as a dangerous dog or…”

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