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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 4. ANIMALS · Chapter 10. DEALERS IN EXOTIC BIRDS AND PET BIRDS

4-10-6. Dealer’s duty to maintain records; contents; periodic reports; failure to keep records as grounds for revocation of license; term of preservation.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Every bird dealer shall keep records sufficient to identify:#

    1. (1)

      Each exotic or pet bird in his possession or sold by him, by species and physical description;#

    2. (2)

      The name, address, and telephone number of the person from whom each such bird was acquired and, if that person is a licensed bird dealer, then his license number or, if that person is not a licensed dealer, then his driver’s license number, social security number, federal tax identification number, or such other identification as may be available;#

    3. (3)

      The name, address, and telephone number of the person to whom each such bird is transferred and, if that person is a licensed bird dealer, then his license number or, if that person is not a licensed bird dealer, then his driver’s license number, social security number, or such other identification as may be available; and#

    4. (4)

      Any such bird which the dealer knows to be or have been sick or diseased or to have died.#

  2. (b)

    The department may require periodic reports of any or all of the records required by subsection (a) of this Code section. The department may require the keeping of additional records; and all required records shall be made available for inspection by the department.#

  3. (c)

    Failure to keep or make available any required records shall be grounds for revocation of a license.#

  4. (d)

    Every bird dealer shall keep all of such records for at least one year.#

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.

History

Ga. L. 1981, p. 510, § 5.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, pages 121 to 122; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 290d3a1d6843.