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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-10-62. Prohibited acts; penalty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-10-62. Prohibited acts; penalty.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person on a farmers’ market to:

(1) Engage in deceptive or dishonest trade practices;

(2) Do any act or use any language insulting to another tenant or customer; intimidate a shopper into purchasing his or her products; attempt to fix the price of products of any other farmer, vendor, or merchant; or circulate false reports tending to upset or destroy the operation of the market;

(3) Use any profane, abusive, or discourteous language on the market;

(4) Break, deface, or destroy any part of a building upon the market; interfere with electrical fixtures or wiring; or do any act tending to destroy the physical properties of the market;

(5) Move any cull agricultural products from any farmers’ market for any purpose other than use as garbage or livestock feed or for dumping;

(6) Sell, offer, or expose for sale any products not meeting the requirements of the laws of this state relating to weights and measures;

(7) Use any false pack;

(8) Sublet any stall or space without the express written approval of the Commissioner;

(9) Fail or refuse to remove any vehicle or property upon direction of the farmers’ market manager;

(10) Erect any facility or structure upon a farmers’ market without the express written approval of the Commissioner; or

(11) Sell or offer for sale any items at a farmers’ market without the license required by subsection (a) of Code Section 2-10-59, if applicable.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

## History

Ga. L. 1981, p. 1354, § 14; Ga. L. 2004, p. 1066, § 4.