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

O.C.G.A. § 4-8-31 (2019)

Governmental liability for enforcement

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Under no circumstances shall a local government or any employee or official of a local government be held liable for any damages to any person who suffers an injury inflicted by a dog as a result of a failure to enforce the provisions of this article.

History

(Code 1981, § 4-8-31, 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).

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 2× “1 The present version of the controlling language is at OCGA § 4-8-31.”
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