4-8-28. Notifications by owner; change in ownership of dog; changes in residence.

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

(a)
The owner of a classified dog shall notify the dog control officer within 24 hours if the dog is on the loose or has attacked a human and shall notify the dog control officer within 24 hours if the dog has died or has been euthanized.#
(b)
A vicious dog shall not be transferred, sold, or donated to any other person unless it is relinquished to a governmental facility or veterinarian to be euthanized.#
(c)
The owner of a classified dog who moves from one jurisdiction to another within the State of Georgia shall register the classified dog in the new jurisdiction within ten days of becoming a resident and notify the dog control officer of the jurisdiction from which he or she moved. The owner of a similarly classified dog who moves into this state shall register the dog as required in Code Section 4-8-27 within 30 days of becoming a resident.#

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.

Code 1981, § 4-8-28, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 4/HB 685.

For article on the 2012 enactment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 180 (2012).

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

Text read from t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, page 111; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 290d3a1d6843.