4-8-4. Liability of owner or custodian for damages done to livestock, poultry, or pet animal by dog.

Ga. L. 1969, p. 831, § 4; Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 2/HB 685.

Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 6/HB 685, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of 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.

Provisions regarding liability of owner of dog which kills or injures livestock, § 51-2-6.

For survey of developments in Georgia torts law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 247 (1981). For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 180 (2012).

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted ‘‘while off the owner’s or custodian’s property’’ for ‘‘goes upon the land of another and’’, substituted ‘‘livestock, poultry, or pet animal’’ for ‘‘livestock or poultry’’, and substituted ‘‘livestock, poultry, or pet animal for injury, death, or damage’’ for ‘‘livestock or poultry for damages, death, or injury’’ near the end, and added the second sentence; and, in the second sentence of subsection (b), substituted ‘‘eliminate’’ for ‘‘do away with’’ and substituted ‘‘livestock, poultry, or pet animal’’ for ‘‘livestock or poultry’’ at the end. See the editor’s note for applicability.