{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-131.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-5-131.1","heading":"Licensing requirements for drilling well on own property; water well contractors completing electrical or plumbing work incidental to drilling and construction of well.","body":"(a) Nothing in this part shall prohibit a person from drilling a well on his or her own property if such property is his or her primary residence. A person is prohibited from drilling a well or wells on property he or she owns and is developing for resale unless such person has a license as a water well contractor.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a person licensed as a water well contractor pursuant to Code Section 12-5-127 is not required to be licensed under Chapter 14 of Title 43, when in the course of constructing a water well, he or she makes certain electrical or plumbing connections or performs other electrical or plumbing work incidental to the drilling and construction of the well; provided, however, that any such electrical and plumbing work meets or exceeds all applicable local, state, or federal codes, whichever is most stringent.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 5 Water Resources","Article 3 Wells and Drinking Water","PART 3 Water Well Standards"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"8c61e825c5933219512035397d0013c4d72c5791af8ca7df65b14a039d5fc9e1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-131","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}