{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-6-43","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 4-6-43","heading":"Surety bond — Dealers generally.","body":"(a) No dealer shall purchase livestock at any sales establishment or directly from producers unless he or she has then in force a surety in an amount established in a memorandum of agreement with the department sufficient to secure the performance of the obligations of the holder of such surety.\n(b) This Code section shall not be applicable to nor shall a surety be required of a dealer who purchases livestock at sales establishments for cash only. No livestock market operator shall permit a dealer who is not properly licensed and holding surety to purchase livestock other than for cash.","path":["TITLE 4 Animals","CHAPTER 6 Livestock Dealers and Auctions","Article 3 Livestock Auctions"],"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":"420b5c6fbdf7f2461382c2f21cf0cf47dec40eccf4db82c0db2f1ad94fdb6db0","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-6-42","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-4-6-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}