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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-6-174. Sale of protected species.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-6-174. Sale of protected species.

No person within this state shall sell or offer for sale, for any purpose, any protected species unless such species was grown on private land and is being sold by the landowner or with the permission of the landowner.

## History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 333, § 5.