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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-6-203. Prohibited acts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-6-203. Prohibited acts.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell pine straw to a pine straw dealer or seller within the State of Georgia without presenting to the pine straw dealer or seller a certificate of harvest or landowner’s certificate of harvest.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any pine straw dealer or seller within the State of Georgia to purchase pine straw without first obtaining a certificate of harvest or landowner’s certificate of harvest from the seller.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-6-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 386, § 1.