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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-7-27. Report of violations; investigation and disposition.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-7-27. Report of violations; investigation and disposition.

Any person, including a common carrier, who receives plants, plant products, or other things or substances sold, given away, carried, shipped, or delivered for carriage or shipment within this state, as to which this article and the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto have not been complied with, shall immediately inform the Commissioner or any employee or agent of the Commissioner and shall isolate and hold the plants, plant products, or other things or substances in question unopened or unused, subject to such inspection and such disposition as may be provided by the Commissioner.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 12.