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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-2-23. Sale and measurement of pulpwood, sawtimber, poles, and other types of timber.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-2-23. Sale and measurement of pulpwood, sawtimber, poles, and other types of timber.

All pulpwood, sawtimber, poles, and other types of timber sold or measured in this state by weight shall be sold on the basis of tonnage or pounds, with one ton equaling 2,000 pounds. Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit the sale or measurement of such products by measured volume, so long as such measurement is not calculated by weight.

## History

Code 1981, § 10-2-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 446, § 1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, this Code section, enacted as Code Section 10-2-22, was redesignated as Code Section 10-2-23.