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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 6. FOREST RESOURCES AND OTHER PLANT LIFE · Article 4. HARVEST AND SALE OF PINE STRAW

12-6-202. Certificate of harvest.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    As a condition of selling pine straw to a pine straw dealer within the State of Georgia, the seller shall obtain and present to the pine straw dealer a certificate of harvest. A certificate of harvest shall be a written or printed document signed by the landowner where the pine straw was harvested granting permission for the harvest of the pine straw. A certificate of harvest shall be valid for one year. In addition to the permission of the landowner to harvest pine straw, a certificate of harvest shall include the following information:#

    1. (1)

      The name, address, and telephone number of the landowner who granted permission to harvest the load of pine straw;#

    2. (2)

      The name, address, and telephone number of the person who was authorized to harvest the load of pine straw; and#

    3. (3)

      The date and location of the harvest, which shall include the state and county where harvested.#

  2. (b)

    A pine straw dealer who purchases pine straw directly from a landowner shall obtain a landowner’s certificate of harvest. A landowner’s certificate of harvest shall show the name, address, and telephone number of the landowner and the date and location of the harvest, including the state and county where harvested. A landowner’s certificate of harvest shall be signed by the landowner.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 12-6-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 386, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 751; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.