---
title: O.C.G.A. § 27-3-131. ‘‘Protected species’’ defined.
collection: code
id: 27-3-131
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 27-3-131 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-3-131
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-3-131.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-3-131/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=f493d811_0#page=175
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-3.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-3-130.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/27-3-132.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: GAME AND FISH / WILDLIFE GENERALLY / PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE
---

# O.C.G.A. § 27-3-131. ‘‘Protected species’’ defined.

As used in this article, the term ‘‘protected species’’ means a species of animal life which the department shall have designated as a protected species and shall have made subject to the protection of this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 932, § 2.