§ 27-5-3. Powers of Department Generally
The department shall have the authority to prescribe the form and contents for the license and permit applications provided for in this chapter. The department shall issue or deny all permits and licenses required by this chapter and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. The department may, prior to a hearing, issue […]
§ 27-5-4. Wild Animal Licenses and Permits Generally
Unless otherwise provided in Code Section 27-5-5, it shall be unlawful for any person to import, transport, transfer, sell, purchase, or possess any wild animal listed in Code Section 27-5-5 or specified by the board by regulation without first obtaining a wild animal license from the department as provided in Code Section 27-2-23 or a […]
§ 27-5-5. Wild Animals for Which License or Permit Required
The following animals are considered to be inherently dangerous to human beings and are subject to the license or permit and insurance requirements provided for in subsection (f) of Code Section 27-5-4: Class Mammalia: Order Marsupialia: Genus Macropus (Kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos) — All species; Order Primates: Family Pongidae (gibbons, orang-utan, chimpanzees, siamangs, and gorillas) — […]
§ 27-5-6. Specifications for Humane Handling, Care, Confinement, and Transportation of Wild Animals
It shall be unlawful to import, transport, sell, transfer, or possess any wild animal regulated by this chapter without meeting the specifications expressed in this Code section for the humane handling, care, confinement, and transportation of such animals: Facilities in general. The facility must be constructed of such material and of such strength as appropriate […]
§ 27-5-7. Release or Escape From Captivity
It shall be unlawful for any person to release from captivity any wild animal as defined in paragraph (75) of Code Section 27-1-2 or to import, transport, sell, transfer, or possess such a wild animal in such a manner so as to cause its release or escape from captivity. In the event a person imports, […]
§ 27-5-8. Seizure of Wild Animals as Contraband; Civil Action to Recover Animals
Peace officers authorized to enforce this chapter may seize as contraband any wild animal for which a permit or license, or both, is required and for which no permit or license, or both, has been obtained. When any peace officer authorized to enforce this chapter has seized as contraband any wild animal, he shall deliver […]
§ 27-5-9. Seizure of Wild Animals Pursuant to Administrative Order; Appeal
Authorized personnel of the department may seize any wild animal regulated by this chapter pursuant to an administrative order or an emergency administrative order issued by the department. In the event that any person is adversely affected by a seizure pursuant to an administrative order or emergency administrative order issued by the department, such person […]
§ 27-4-213. Powers Granted to Commission Regarded as Supplemental
Any powers granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in the commission by other laws of the State of Georgia or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New […]
§ 27-4-262. Rules and Regulations
The board shall make and publish in print or electronically such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. History. Code 1981, § 27-4-262 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1507, § 8; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.
§ 27-4-214. Commission to Keep Accurate Accounts; Reports to Governor and General Assembly; Recommendations for Legislative Action
The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly of the State of Georgia on or before December 10 of each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the 12 months preceding December 1 of that year. The commission […]