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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 4. ANIMALS · Chapter 6. LIVESTOCK DEALERS AND AUCTIONS · Article 1. LIVESTOCK DEALERS

4-6-2. Sale, auction, transfer, or movement of infected livestock.

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

  1. No dealer or livestock market operator shall sell, auction, transfer, or move any livestock which are infected with any disease or which have been placed under quarantine by the authority of the Commissioner. Until all such livestock have been inspected by a veterinarian approved by the Commissioner, no dealer or livestock market operator shall sell, auction, transfer, or move any livestock which have been infected, which are suspected of being infected, or which are likely to have been exposed to infection. No dealer or livestock market operator shall sell, auction, transfer, or move any livestock from any barn, yard, or premises unless all sanitary practices and precautions prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Commissioner have been observed in the premises, barn, or yard.

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. 1952, p. 184, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1161, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 129, § 2/HB 49.

Amendments

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, deleted “, broker,” following “dealer” throughout this Code section.

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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, pages 9 to 10; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 9d1b53199f62.