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title: O.C.G.A. § 4-4-180. Release.
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# O.C.G.A. § 4-4-180. Release.

It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally to release a farmed deer from captivity or to import, transport, sell, transfer, or possess a farmed deer in such a manner as to cause its release or escape from captivity. If a person imports, transports, sells, transfers, or possesses a farmed deer in such a manner as to pose a reasonable possibility that such farmed deer may be released accidentally or escape from captivity, the department may revoke the license of such person.

## History

Code 1981, § 4-4-180, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1395, § 2.