Georgia CommonsTitle 27. GAME AND FISH · Chapter 4. FISH · Article 2. NONCOMMERCIAL FISHING · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
27-4-30. Fishing in private ponds.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
The owner of a private pond, the owner’s immediate family, or tenants with the owner’s consent shall be permitted to fish within the bounds of the pond at any time and in any manner without a fishing license. All other persons shall be required to obtain fishing licenses to fish within the bounds of a private pond as provided in this title unless the fish in the private pond are ‘‘domestic fish’’ as defined in paragraph (23) of Code Section 27-1-2. For the purposes of this Code section, the term ‘‘private pond’’ shall not include ponds owned by city or county governments, the State of Georgia, the United States, or authorities or political subdivisions of such governments.
History
Ga. L. 1931, p. 169, § 5; Code 1933, § 45-505; Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, § 82; Code 1933, § 45-703, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1507, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 600, § 3; Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 14/HB 208.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2017, p. 27, § 20/HB 208, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section by that Act shall be applicable to all offenses occurring on or after July 1, 2017.
Other notes
- The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, inserted ‘‘immediate’’ near the beginning of the first sentence. See Editor’s note for applicability.
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