O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 4-8-28 (2019)

Notifications by owner; change in ownership of dog; changes in residence

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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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(a) The owner of a classified dog shall notify the dog control officer within 24 hours if the dog is on the loose or has attacked a human and shall notify the dog control officer within 24 hours if the dog has died or has been euthanized.

(b) A vicious dog shall not be transferred, sold, or donated to any other person unless it is relinquished to a governmental facility or veterinarian to be euthanized.

(c) The owner of a classified dog who moves from one jurisdiction to another within the State of Georgia shall register the classified dog in the new jurisdiction within ten days of becoming a resident and notify the dog control officer of the jurisdiction from which he or she moved. The owner of a similarly classified dog who moves into this state shall register the dog as required in Code Section 4-8-27 within 30 days of becoming a resident.

History

(Code 1981, § 4-8-28, 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).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting required. - Misdemeanor offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 4-8-28 are offenses for which those charged are to be fingerprinted. 2012 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 12-6.