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title: O.C.G.A. § 27-3-65. Removal of trap or of wildlife from trap owned by another person; possession of wildlife removed from trap of another person.
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# O.C.G.A. § 27-3-65. Removal of trap or of wildlife from trap owned by another person; possession of wildlife removed from trap of another person.

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a legally set trap, except for the owner of the land on which the trap is set, or to remove any lawfully trapped wildlife from any legally set trap or to possess any wildlife so removed from such a trap without the permission of the owner of the trap.

## History

Code 1933, § 45-608, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 802, § 3.