Georgia Code, Title 4, Chapter 11, Article 1 - General Provisions
- § 4-11-1 - Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Animal Protection Act."
- § 4-11-2 - Definitions
As used in this article, the term: (1) "Adequate food and water" means food and water which is sufficient in an amount and appropriate...
- § 4-11-3 - Licenses for Pet Dealers and Kennel, Stable, or Animal Shelter Operators; Requirement; Issuance; Application
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a pet dealer or operate a kennel, stable, or animal shelter unless such...
- § 4-11-4 - Display of Licenses
A license must be prominently displayed at each place of business of a pet dealer and at each kennel, stable, and animal shelter in...
- § 4-11-5 - Licensing of Bird Dealers
Any person licensed by the department as a bird dealer shall not be required to obtain a license under this article if such person...
- § 4-11-5.1 - Euthanasia of Dogs and Cats by Animal Shelters or Facilities Operated for Collection of Stray, Neglected, Abandoned, or Unwanted Animals
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the use of sodium pentobarbital or a derivative of it shall be the...
- § 4-11-5.2 - Microchip Reader Defined; Contacting Owner of Microchipped Pet
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "microchip reader" means a device designed to read microchips at 125 kHz, both encrypted and...
- § 4-11-6 - Applicability of Article to Nonresidents; Consent to Jurisdiction; Service
Any person who is not a resident of this state but who engages in this state in any activities for which a license is...
- § 4-11-7 - Grounds for Refusal to Issue or Renew or Suspension or Revocation of Licenses
The Commissioner may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds:...
- § 4-11-8 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License for Violation of Article; Applicability of "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
The Commissioner is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke any license required by this article, subject to notice and a hearing, in any case...
- § 4-11-9 - Inspections
The Commissioner or his designated agents are authorized to enter upon any public or private property at any time for the purpose of inspecting...
- § 4-11-9.1 - Quarantine of Animal, Premises, or Any Area by Commissioner
(a) In the control, suppression, prevention, and eradication of animal diseases, the Commissioner or any duly authorized representative acting under his authority is authorized...
- § 4-11-9.2 - Inspections; Impoundment of Animals; Exceptions
(a) At any time there is probable cause to believe that a violation of this article or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to...
- § 4-11-9.3 - Caring for an Impounded Animal
(a) It shall be the duty of any person impounding an animal under Code Section 4-11-9.2 to make reasonable and proper arrangements to provide...
- § 4-11-9.4 - Notification of Owner; Custody of Animal
(a) It shall be the duty of any person impounding an animal under this article to notify the owner of such animal immediately upon...
- § 4-11-9.5 - Failure to Respond; Right to Hearing; Care; Crime Exception
(a) If the owner of an animal impounded pursuant to this article fails to respond in writing within five business days of the date...
- § 4-11-9.6 - Disposal of Impounded Animal
(a) The government agency having custody of an animal impounded pursuant to this article which is not returned to the owner as provided in...
- § 4-11-9.7 - Notice and Reporting Required for Certain Animal Diseases
(a) The Commissioner is authorized to declare certain animal diseases and syndromes to be diseases requiring notice and to require the reporting thereof to...
- § 4-11-10 - Unlawful Acts by Licensed Persons
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under this article or any person employed by a person licensed under this article or under...
- § 4-11-11 - Shipment or Importation of Equines, Poultry, Livestock, or Birds Into State Without Official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or import any equines, poultry, livestock, or birds into this state unless accompanied by...
- § 4-11-12 - Cooperation With Federal Government
The Commissioner may cooperate with the secretary of agriculture in carrying out Public Law 89-544, commonly known as the Animal Welfare Act, as amended...
- § 4-11-13 - Animals Raised, Kept, or Maintained for Human Consumption
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any person who raises, keeps, or maintains animals solely for the purposes of human consumption.
- § 4-11-14 - Rules and Regulations
The Commissioner is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out this article.
- § 4-11-15 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders
In addition to the remedies provided in this article or elsewhere in the laws of this state and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate...
- § 4-11-15.1 - Abandonment of Domesticated Animal
Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 4-11-13, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally to abandon any domesticated animal upon any...
- § 4-11-16 - Penalties
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 16-12-4 or 16-12-37, any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty...
- § 4-11-17 - Filing a Report Regarding Animal Cruelty; Immunity.
(a) Notwithstanding Code Section 24-12-31 or any other provision of law to the contrary, any licensed veterinarian or veterinary technician having reasonable cause to...
- § 4-11-18 - Article Cumulative; Does Not Prohibit Enactment and Enforcement of Local Ordinances by Municipal or County Governing Authority
This article shall be cumulative and shall not prohibit the enactment and enforcement of local ordinances by a municipal or county governing authority on...
Last modified: October 14, 2016