Georgia Code
Part 3 - Water Well Standards
§ 12-5-137. Forfeiture of Contraband Equipment

All drilling rigs or commercial vehicles used to drill any well and other equipment used to drill any well by a person who is not a licensed water well contractor or driller or who is not acting under the direction of a professional engineer or professional geologist as required by this part are declared to be contraband subject to forfeiture in accordance with Chapter 16 of Title 9.
History. Code 1981, § 12-5-137 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1192, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 12; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-11/HB 233.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 4-1/HB 233, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, and shall apply to seizures of property for forfeiture that occur on or after that date. Any such seizure that occurs before July 1, 2015, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such seizure.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2015).

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