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Title 27 - Game and Fish
Chapter 3 - Wildlife Generally
Article 2 - Trapping, Trappers, and Fur Dealers
§ 27-3-60. Required Commercial Trapping License
Universal Citation: GA Code § 27-3-60 (2020)
- It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a trapper unless that person or his agent has a current valid commercial trapping license issued by the department, as provided in Code Section 27-2-23.
- A landowner or a member of his immediate family desiring to trap on the landowner's private property may obtain a license for such purpose annually from the department at no charge.
- Any person violating any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ga. L. 1977, p. 1270, § 4.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Editor's notes.
- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under Ga. L. 1956, p. 590, as it read prior to revision by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1270, § 4, are included in the annotations for this Code section.
Disabled veteran's license exemption is from business and occupational taxes and is not applicable to regulatory licenses such as hunting or fishing. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 248 (decided under Ga. L. 1956, p. 590).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fish, Game, and Wildlife Conservation, §§ 42, 43, 51, 59 et seq.
C.J.S.- 38 C.J.S., Game; Conservation and Preservation of Wildlife, § 52.
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