2025 Code of Georgia
Title 2 - Agriculture (Chs. 1 — 24)
Chapter 12 - Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and Soil Amendments (Arts. 1 — 4)
Article 1 - Fertilizers (§§ 2-12-1 — 2-12-21)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1997, p. 1271, § 1, effective July 1, 1997, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article, relating to the Georgia Plant Food Act of 1989, consisted of Code Sections 2-12-1 through 2-12-21, and was based on Ga. L. 1960, p. 916, §§ 1-8, 10, 11, 14-21, 24; Ga. L. 1970, p. 609, §§ 1-10, 12-20, 22; Ga. L. 1978, p. 218 §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1150, §§ 1-4, 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1989, p. 473, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 841, § 1.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Exemption of commercial fertilizers from property taxation, § 48-5-43.
Administrative rules and regulations.Fertilizers, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Agriculture, Chapter 40-6.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d.3 Am. Jur. 2d, Agriculture, § 52.
C.J.S.3 C. J. S., Agriculture, § 93 et seq.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 2
- § 2-12-1. Short title
- § 2-12-2. Definitions
- § 2-12-3. Commissioner to administer article
- § 2-12-4. Licensing requirements generally; fees; renewal; contents
- § 2-12-5. Nonresident licensees
- § 2-12-6. Labeling of fertilizer
- § 2-12-7. Inspection of fertilizer; methods of sampling and analysis; distribution of results
- § 2-12-8. Inspection fees; quarterly report; collection penalty; effect of failure to file report and pay assessment
- § 2-12-9. Penalties for plant food deficiencies; time for payment; effect of failure to pay; alteration of content of fertilizer by recipient
- § 2-12-10. Distribution of misbranded fertilizer prohibited; when misbranded
- § 2-12-11. Distribution of adulterated fertilizer prohibited; when adulterated
- § 2-12-12. Determination of value of ingredients; prohibition of use or deletion from label
- § 2-12-13. Short weight penalty; adjustment of invoice
- § 2-12-14. Exchange between licensees not restricted
- § 2-12-15. Adoption, enforcement, and promulgation of rules and regulations generally; sharing of information
- § 2-12-16. Revocation or denial of license; cancellation or refusal of registration
- § 2-12-17. Stop sale, stop use, or removal orders
- § 2-12-18. Seizure, condemnation, and disposition of nonconforming fertilizer
- § 2-12-19. Injunctions
- § 2-12-20. Notice of violations; administrative hearing; penalty for violation; prosecution
- § 2-12-21. Local regulation prohibited
