--- title: Title 4, Chapter 11. Animal Protection collection: code id: code:chapter:4-11 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/4/chapter/11 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-10.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-12.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: ANIMAL PROTECTION title_heading: ANIMALS section_count: 36 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11.md?full=1 --- # Title 4, Chapter 11. Animal Protection Title 4. Animals 36 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 4-11-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-1.md - 4-11-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-2.md - 4-11-3, Licenses for pet dealers and kennel, stable, or animal shelter operators; requirement; issuance; application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-3.md - 4-11-4, Display of licenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-4.md - 4-11-5, Licensing of bird dealers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-5.md - 4-11-5.1, Euthanasia of dogs and cats by animal shelters or facilities operated for collection of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted animals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-5.1.md - 4-11-5.2, Microchip reader defined; contacting owner of microchipped pet, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-5.2.md - 4-11-6, Applicability of article to nonresidents; consent to jurisdiction; service, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-6.md - 4-11-7, Grounds for refusal to issue or renew or suspension or revocation of licenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-7.md - 4-11-8, Denial, suspension, or revocation of license for violation of article; applicability of ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.’’, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-8.md - 4-11-9, Inspections, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.md - 4-11-9.1, Quarantine of animal, premises, or any area by Commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.1.md - 4-11-9.2, Inspections; impoundment of animals; exceptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.2.md - 4-11-9.3, Caring for an impounded animal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.3.md - 4-11-9.4, Notification of owner; custody of animal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.4.md - 4-11-9.5, Failure to respond; right to hearing; care; crime exception, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.5.md - 4-11-9.6, Disposal of impounded animal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.6.md - 4-11-9.7, Notice and reporting required for certain animal diseases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.7.md - 4-11-9.8, Recoupment of expenses of impoundment; process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-9.8.md - 4-11-10, Unlawful acts by licensed persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-10.md - 4-11-10.1, Transfer of domestic animals along public areas; enforcement; fines, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-10.1.md - 4-11-11, Shipment or importation of equines, poultry, livestock, or birds into state without official certificate of veterinary inspection, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-11.md - 4-11-12, Cooperation with federal government, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-12.md - 4-11-13, Animals raised, kept, or maintained for human consumption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-13.md - 4-11-14, Rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-14.md - 4-11-15, Injunctions and restraining orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-15.md - 4-11-15.1, Abandonment of domesticated animal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-15.1.md - 4-11-16, Penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-16.md - 4-11-17, Filing a report regarding animal cruelty; immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-17.md - 4-11-18, Article cumulative; does not prohibit enactment and enforcement of local ordinances by municipal or county governing authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-18.md - 4-11-30, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-30.md - 4-11-31, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-31.md - 4-11-32, Prohibited acts; applicability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-32.md - 4-11-33, Penalty for violation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-33.md - 4-11-34, Powers and duties of Commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-34.md - 4-11-35, Attorneys’ fees; injunctions; other rights arising out of or relating to violation of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-11-35.md