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title: O.C.G.A. § 4-6-42. Surety bond — Generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 4-6-42. Surety bond — Generally.

No person shall operate a sales establishment for the sale of livestock at auction unless he or she has then in force a surety in an amount established in a memorandum of agreement with the department sufficient to secure the performance of the obligations of the holder of such surety.

## History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 501, § 2; Ga. L. 1958, p. 309, § 1; Ga. L. 1959, p. 296, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1804, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1161, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 129, § 8/HB 49.

## Amendments

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, rewrote this Code section.