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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

4-11-6. Applicability of article to nonresidents; consent to jurisdiction; service.

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  1. Any person who is not a resident of this state but who engages in this state in any activities for which a license is required by this article shall be subject to this article as to such activities. Each nonresident applicant for a license required by this article shall be required as a condition of licensure to execute a consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state for any action filed under this article; and service of process in any such action shall be by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery by the Commissioner.

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, § 4-11-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 628, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 328, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.

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Text read from t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, page 133; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 290d3a1d6843.