O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 4-8-25 (2019)

Court ordered euthanasia

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

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The judge of any superior court of competent jurisdiction within this state may order the euthanasia of a dog if the court finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing as provided by Code Section 4-8-23, that the dog has seriously injured a human or presents a danger to humans not suitable for control under this article and:

(1) The owner or custodian of the dog has been convicted of a violation of any state criminal law and the crime was related to such dog; or

(2) Any local governmental authority has filed with the court a civil action requesting the euthanasia of the dog.

History

(Code 1981, § 4-8-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 4/HB 685.)

Annotations

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Jason Wyno v. Lowndes Cnty., 771 S.E.2d 207 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).

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Jason Wyno v. Lowndes Cnty., 771 S.E.2d 207 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “reported to the proper authorities as being a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog or by a dog that a local government has *544 failed to identify as a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog or by a dog which has been identified as being a dangerous dog or potentially…”

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