{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-6-173","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-6-173","heading":"Cutting, pulling up, digging, or removing protected species.","body":"No person within this state shall cut, dig, pull up, or otherwise remove any protected species from any public land unless such person has secured written authorization from the department.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 6 Forest Resources and Other Plant Life","Article 3 Wildflower Preservation"],"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":"ae1666569d837e497064e19cd9c7b45576aee99315c1fb7fc79fd3c0783739ba","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-6-172","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-6-174"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}