--- title: O.C.G.A. § 12-4-140. Short title. collection: code id: 12-4-140 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 12-4-140 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-4-140 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-4-140.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-4-140/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=67595359_0#page=345 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/12-4.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-4-122.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/12-4-141.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: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES / MINERAL RESOURCES AND CAVES / CAVE PROTECTION --- # O.C.G.A. § 12-4-140. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Cave Protection Act of 1977.’’ ## History Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 1.