2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 2-1-1 — 2-23-12)
Chapter 10 - MARKETING FACILITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROGRAMS (§§ 2-10-1 — 2-10-130)
Article 2 - FARMERS' MARKETS (§§ 2-10-50 — 2-10-62)
Section 2-10-62 - Prohibited acts; penalty

• (a) It shall be unlawful for any person on a farmers' market to:
  • (1) Engage in deceptive or dishonest trade practices;
  • (2) Do any act or use any language insulting to another tenant or customer; intimidate a shopper into purchasing his or her products; attempt to fix the price of products of any other farmer, vendor, or merchant; or circulate false reports tending to upset or destroy the operation of the market;
  • (3) Use any profane, abusive, or discourteous language on the market;
  • (4) Break, deface, or destroy any part of a building upon the market; interfere with electrical fixtures or wiring; or do any act tending to destroy the physical properties of the market;
  • (5) Move any cull agricultural products from any farmers' market for any purpose other than use as garbage or livestock feed or for dumping;
  • (6) Sell, offer, or expose for sale any products not meeting the requirements of the laws of this state relating to weights and measures;
  • (7) Use any false pack;
  • (8) Sublet any stall or space without the express written approval of the Commissioner;
  • (9) Fail or refuse to remove any vehicle or property upon direction of the farmers' market manager;
  • (10) Erect any facility or structure upon a farmers' market without the express written approval of the Commissioner; or
  • (11) Sell or offer for sale any items at a farmers' market without the license required by subsection (a) of Code Section 2-10-59, if applicable.

• (b) Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Amended by 2004 Ga. Laws 791, § 4, eff. 7/1/2004.