O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 51-3-30 (2019)

Liability of landowner or hunter for injury caused by wildlife crossing public roadway

✓ 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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A landowner who allows wildlife to traverse the owner’s property, or a person hunting game on such property with permission, shall be immune from civil liability for damage and injuries which may be caused by wildlife which traverse the landowner’s property and enter a public roadway or right of way, provided that the conduct of the landowner or person hunting game does not constitute gross negligence

LIABILITY OF OWNERS/OCCUPIERS OF LAND or willful and wanton misconduct.

History

(Code 1981, § 51-1-52, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 702, § 4/HB 239; Code 1981, § 51-3-30, as redesignated in 2009 pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Hunting, T. 27, C. 3, A. 1.

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, Code

Section 51-1-52, as enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 702, § 4/HB 239, was redesignated as Code Section 51-3-30.