{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-11-16","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 4-11-16","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 16-12-4 or 16-12-37, any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-3; provided, however, that if such offense is committed by a corporation, such corporation shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for each such violation, community service of not less than 200 hours nor more than 500 hours, or both.\n(b) Each violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.","path":["TITLE 4 Animals","CHAPTER 11 Animal Protection","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.04.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":"e8940ffb5f533dfc7ef9ee23a3045d019f10c761cdc5f63c5e6f26fd193eebc2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-11-15.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-11-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}