Georgia Code, Title 27, Chapter 5 - Wild Animals

• § 27-5-1 - Legislative Intent and Findings
  The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare by strictly regulating...
• § 27-5-2 - Powers of Board Generally
  (a) The board shall have the authority to regulate the importation, transportation, sale, and possession of wild animals when and to the extent that...
• § 27-5-2.1 - Definitions; Importation Restrictions; Prohibition on Possession of Cervid Carcasses
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Cervid" means a member of the family cervidae. (2) "Chronic wasting disease" means a...
• § 27-5-3 - Powers of Department Generally
  (a) The department shall have the authority to prescribe the form and contents for the license and permit applications provided for in this chapter.(b)...
• § 27-5-4 - Wild Animal Licenses and Permits Generally
  (a) 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...
• § 27-5-5 - Wild Animals for Which License or Permit Required
  (a) The following animals are considered to be inherently dangerous to human beings and are subject to the license or permit and insurance requirements...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 27-5-8 - Seizure of Wild Animals As Contraband; Civil Action to Recover Animals
  (a) Peace officers authorized to enforce this chapter may seize as contraband any wild animal for which a permit or license, or both, is...
• § 27-5-9 - Seizure of Wild Animals Pursuant to Administrative Order; Appeal
  (a) Authorized personnel of the department may seize any wild animal regulated by this chapter pursuant to an administrative order or an emergency administrative...
• § 27-5-10 - Disposal of Wild Animals Recaptured After Escape or Seized Under This Title
  (a) The commissioner may authorize the disposal of any wild animal regulated by this chapter which has escaped and been recaptured or any wild...
• § 27-5-11 - Wild Animal Auction License; Applications; Filing Requirements
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "auction" means a public or private sale of wild animals to the highest bidder.(b) No...
• § 27-5-12 - Shooting of Any Wild Animal Held Under Wild Animal Permit or Farmed Deer
  It shall be unlawful to shoot, kill, or wound any wild animal held under a wild animal license or permit or any farmed deer...

Last modified: October 14, 2016