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- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-30 · Disturbing or destroying wildlife habitats.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-31 · Unlawful possession or use of wildlife; unlawful concealment.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-32 · Hiring of another to take wildlife contrary to law.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-33 · Noncompliance with laws while on fishing area, fish hatchery, natural area, or wildlife management area; acts constituting criminal trespass.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-34 · Defenses not available in prosecutions for violations.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-35 · Jurisdiction of probate courts; summons.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-36 · Civil enforcement by department; disposition of penalties.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-37 · Administrative orders; emergency administrative orders; administrative review.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-38 · Penalty for violations of title.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-1-39 · Rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-1 · Hunting, trapping, or fishing without license or permit generally; nonresidents.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-2 · Issuance and sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses; identification required; withdrawal of agents’ authority to sell licenses; online licensing system to allow making of anatomical gifts; anatomical gift education and awareness.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-3 · Effective periods of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses generally; multiyear licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-3.1 · Hunting licenses; sportsman’s license; license card carrier requirement; creation of lifetime sportsman’s licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4 · Honorary and discounted hunting and fishing licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4.1 · Fishing license reciprocity for Florida residents over 65 years of age.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4.2 · Courtesy nonresident fishing licenses to certain paralyzed or disabled veterans.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4.3 · Special hunting privileges for young people with a terminal illness.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4.4 · Special turkey hunting season for young and mobility impaired hunters.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4.5 · Outdoor mentoring program.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-5 · Required hunter education courses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-6 · Trout license, Georgia waterfowl and migratory bird stamp, big game license, and alligator harvest permit.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-7 · Powers of department as to making and entering into agreements relating to hunting license reciprocity.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-8 · Commercial fishing boat licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-9 · Taxidermist licenses; unlawful acts and omissions by taxidermists.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-10 · Commercial alligator farming licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-11 · Game-holding permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-12 · Scientific collecting permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-13 · Wildlife exhibition permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-13.1 · Film production wildlife permits; release.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-14 · Liberation-of-wildlife and liberation-of-domestic fish permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-15 · Wildlife storage permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-16 · Commercial quail breeder permits; maintenance of records by holders; selling and transporting of pen raised quail generally.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-17 · Falconry permits; duties, permitted acts, and prohibitions pertaining to permit holders.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-18 · Permits to kill deer causing damage to crops.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-19 · Wildlife importation permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-20 · Federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp; participation in federal Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-20.1 · Required participation in Saltwater Information Program.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-21 · Field and retriever trials; permits; hunting licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-22 · Wildlife rehabilitation permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-22.1 · Fox trapping and selling.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-23 · License, permit, tag, and stamp fees.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-23.1 · Raccoon fur seller’s license.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-23.2 · Salt water fishing guide licenses; fees; reporting requirements.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-24 · Service of process for licensees, permittees, and applicants.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-25 · Revocation, suspension, denial, or nonrenewal of license or permits; administrative and judicial review.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-25.1 · Suspension of hunting privileges for negligent hunting; procedures following hunting accidents.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-25.2 · Power to suspend licenses.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-26 · Rules and regulations regarding revocation or cancellation procedures; surrender of license, stamp, or permit after revocation or cancellation.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-27 · Administrative penalties in lieu of revocation, suspension, denial, or nonrenewal.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-28 · Refusing inspection of identification or license; making false statements in obtaining license or permit; counterfeiting or alteration; unlawful collection of funds.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-29 · Free fishing days.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-30 · Establishment of the Wildlife Endowment Trust Fund; investment of moneys held in the fund; compliance with constitutional provisions; annual accounting of funds; limitations on expenditures from the fund.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-31 · Wildlife control permits.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-40 · Wildlife Violator Policy Compact.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-41 · Rules and regulations authorized.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-2-42 · Penalty for violating.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-1 · Requirement of permission to hunt on lands of another; written permission; enforcement; immunity of landowner from civil liability.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-1.1 · Acts prohibited on wildlife management areas.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-2 · Hunting at night.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-3 · Hours for hunting migratory game birds.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-4 · Legal weapons for hunting wildlife generally; use of silencers and suppressors prohibited; penalty for violations.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-5 · [Reserved] Legal weapons for hunting certain animals.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-6 · Possession of firearm while hunting with bow and arrow.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-7 · Hunting under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-8 · Unlawful devices.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-9 · Unlawful enticement of game.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-10 · Hunting upon or discharging weapons across a public road.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-11 · [Reserved] Confiscation of vehicles and firearms used in hunting big game on public roads; state not required to negate exemptions in prosecutions.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-12 · Unlawful substances and equipment; computer assisted remote hunting prohibited.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-13 · Hunting of wildlife or feral hog from boats, aircraft, or motor vehicles.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-14 · Killing or crippling of game bird or game animal without reasonable effort to retrieve.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-15 · Seasons and bag limits; promulgation of rules and regulations by board; possession of more than bag limit; deer management assistance program.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-16 · Hunting with dogs generally; training of hunting dogs.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-17 · Hunting deer with dogs; seasons; permit required.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-18 · Hunting foxes with dogs.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-19 · Hunting alligators; possessing alligator products; gathering alligator eggs.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-19.1 · Regulation of the exporting, farming, and selling of fresh-water turtles.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-20 · Taking rabbits and hares out of season.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-21 · Killing of bears by property owners.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-22 · Hunting, possessing, or transporting birds generally.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-23 · Sale of tails of squirrels.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-24 · Restrictions on hunting feral hogs.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-25 · Hunting bears; required outer garments.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-26 · Hunting bears; restrictions; penalties.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-27 · Unlawful use of bear bait.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-28 · Person may take possession of native wildlife which has been killed by a motor vehicle.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-29 · Recording and reporting requirements for game animals and birds; penalty for violations.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-40 · Required clothing.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-41 · Unsupervised hunting by persons under 12 years of age.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-42 · Taking of deer in lake, stream, or pond.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-43 · Removal of head of deer.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-44 · Killing of deer which have no antlers visible.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-45 · [Reserved] Information required before removal of carcass from place of killing; exception for certain managed hunts; using multiple sets of licenses or license card carriers.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-46 · [Reserved] Failure to affix deer tag to carcass before storage or processing.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-47 · [Reserved] Collision with deer by motor vehicle.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-48 · Hunting deer at night.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-49 · Killing of dogs running deer.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-50 · Sale of antlers, hides, and tails of deer.
- O.C.G.A. § 27-3-60 · Required commercial trapping license.