Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 2-9-1 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Agricultural products" includes fruits, vegetables, pecans, and cotton but does not include dairy products, tobacco, grains,...
• § 2-9-2 - License Required
  It shall be unlawful for any dealer in agricultural products who comes within the terms of this article to engage in such business in...
• § 2-9-3 - Application for License
  Every dealer in agricultural products desiring to transact business in this state shall file an application for such license with the Commissioner. The application...
• § 2-9-4 - Issuance of License
  Unless the Commissioner refuses the application on one or more of the grounds provided in Code Section 2-9-7, he or she shall issue to...
• § 2-9-5 - Bond -- Required
  Before any license is issued the applicant shall make and deliver to the Commissioner a surety bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to...
• § 2-9-6 - Bond -- Breach of Conditions; Complaint to Commissioner; Hearing and Settlement; Action on Bond; Pro Rata Distribution of Insufficient Bond Proceeds
  (a) Any person claiming that he or she has been damaged by a breach of the conditions of a bond given by a licensee...
• § 2-9-7 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License -- Grounds Generally
  The Commissioner may decline to grant a license or may suspend or revoke a license already granted if he is satisfied that the applicant...
• § 2-9-8 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License -- Notice and Hearing
  Before the Commissioner refuses a license or suspends or revokes any license, he shall give the applicant or licensee ten days' notice, by registered...
• § 2-9-9 - Consignment Records; Settlement With Producer
  (a) Every dealer in agricultural products, upon the receipt of agricultural products on a consignment basis and as he handles and disposes of the...
• § 2-9-9.1 - Bale Identification Numbers on Ginned Cotton
  Upon ginning cotton into bales, the ginner shall assign each bale a permanent bale identification number. No bale shall be removed from a gin...
• § 2-9-10 - Investigations
  (a) Upon the complaint of any interested person or upon his own initiative, the Commissioner shall have the power to investigate: (1) The record...
• § 2-9-11 - Inspections of Damaged Shipments; Certificate
  Whenever produce is shipped to or received by a licensed dealer for handling, purchase, or sale in this state at any market point and...
• § 2-9-11.1 - Ownership of Agricultural Product Harvested by Dealer, Agent or Employee, or Independent Contractor Retained by Dealer; Prompt Payment; Certificate of Receipt and Quality
  (a) In the absence of a written contract between the producer and a dealer in agricultural products to the contrary, any agricultural product which...
• § 2-9-12 - Sale or Possession of Substandard Products Prohibited
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any dealer in agricultural products to sell, offer for sale, or possess any agricultural product that does not...
• § 2-9-13 - Rules and Regulations
  The Commissioner shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations deemed necessary to carry out this article.
• § 2-9-14 - Injunctions
  In addition to the other remedies provided in this article and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the Commissioner is authorized...
• § 2-9-15 - Applicability of Article
  (a) This article shall not apply to: (1) Farmers or groups of farmers in the sale of agricultural products grown by themselves; (2) Persons...
• § 2-9-16 - Penalty
  Any dealer in agricultural products who violates any of the provisions of this article or who interferes with an agent of the Commissioner in...

Last modified: October 14, 2016