Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 27. GAME AND FISH · Chapter 3. WILDLIFE GENERALLY · Article 2. TRAPPING, TRAPPERS, AND FUR DEALERS

27-3-64. Killing or injuring mink or otter with firearm; possession or sale of mink or otter, or pelt thereof, killed by firearm.

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It shall be unlawful to use any kind of firearm to kill or injure mink or otter or to possess or sell any mink or otter, or the pelt thereof, which was killed by any kind of firearm, provided that nothing in this Code section shall prevent a person from dispatching a mink or otter found in a trap or from killing any mink or otter while it is destroying or damaging, or about to destroy or damage, the person’s crops, domestic fowl, or other personal property.

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.

Code 1933, § 45-606, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 802, § 2.

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Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, pages 162 to 163; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 62359f240c92.