--- title: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-142. Licenses for carry-over tobacco services. collection: code id: 10-4-142 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 10-4-142 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-142 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-142.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-142/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t10-(v8)-2024-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=1992b47e_0#page=697 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-141.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-4-143.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: COMMERCE AND TRADE / WAREHOUSEMEN / TOBACCO WAREHOUSING / CARRY-OVER LEAF TOBACCO STORAGE AND SALE --- # O.C.G.A. § 10-4-142. Licenses for carry-over tobacco services. No person, real or corporate, shall operate a service for receiving within this state flue-cured leaf tobacco for the purpose of weighing, redrying, and storing said tobacco from the year of production until the subsequent selling season for sale at that time without first having obtained a license from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Each license so issued shall automatically expire at the termination of the storage period and be subject to renewal annually under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner shall prescribe. The license fee shall be $40.00 for each year. Any fees collected pursuant to this Code section shall be retained pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 45-12-92.1. Licensed operators of flue-cured leaf tobacco auction warehouses may be licensed without cost under this part upon application to the Commissioner. This part shall not require licensing of any federal agency, its agents, or contractors who receive carry-over tobacco. ## History Ga. L. 1975, p. 1263, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-32/HB 1055.