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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 4. ANIMALS · Chapter 11. ANIMAL PROTECTION · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

4-11-16. Penalties.

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

  1. (a)

    Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 4-11-10.1, 16-12-4, or 16-12-37, any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Code Section 17-10-3; provided, however, that, if such offense is committed by a corporation, such corporation shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for each such violation, community service of not less than 200 hours nor more than 500 hours, or both.#

  2. (b)

    Each violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.#

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

Code 1981, § 4-11-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 628, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 328, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 754, § 9; Ga. L. 2025, p. 267, § 2/HB 331, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, in subsection (a), inserted “4-11-10-1,” near the beginning and inserted a comma following “16-12-4” and following “however, that”.

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

Text read from t4-6-(v4)-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, 2025 supplement, page 37; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 9d1b53199f62.