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title: O.C.G.A. § 4-8-1.1. Abandonment of dead dogs — Upon private property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 4-8-1.1. Abandonment of dead dogs — Upon private property.

No person shall intentionally abandon a dead dog on any private property belonging to another unless the person so doing shall have first obtained permission from the owner of the property on which the dog is being left and the provisions of Code Section 4-5-3 are complied with in full.

## History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 831, § 1; Code 1981, § 4-8-1; Code 1981, § 4-8-1.1, redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 1/HB 685.

## Cross References

Solid waste management, § 12-8-20 et seq.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 6/HB 685, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Code section shall apply to proceedings for the classification and registration of dogs which are pending on July 1, 2012, as well as to such proceedings which arise on or after July 1, 2012.

## Other Notes

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, redesignated former Code Section 4-8-1 as present Code Section 4-8-1.1.