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2020 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 6 - Forest Resources and Other Plant Life
Article 2 - Ginseng Protection
§ 12-6-152. Prohibited Acts Regarding Harvesting Ginseng
Universal Citation: GA Code § 12-6-152 (2020)
It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest ginseng in this state except from September 1 through December 31 and with the written permission of the owner of the property on which the ginseng is located. It shall also be unlawful for any person to harvest ginseng that has fewer than three prongs. Further, it shall also be unlawful for any person to fail to plant, immediately after harvest, the ripe berries of the harvested ginseng at the same location at which such ginseng was harvested.
(Ga. L. 1979, p. 919, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 327, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 564, § 1/SB 81.)
The 2013 amendment, effective May 6, 2013, substituted "September 1" for "August 15" in the first sentence of this Code section.
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