Georgia Code
Article 7 - Palmetto Berries
§ 12-6-254. Penalty for Violations

When the director or law enforcement finds that any saw palmetto berries are being harvested or offered or exposed for sale in violation of this article, the director or law enforcement may issue and enforce written or printed stop harvest, stop sale, stop use, or removal orders to the owners or custodians of such saw palmetto berries, ordering such individuals to hold the same at a designated location until a certificate of harvest or a landowner’s certificate of harvest has been provided and such saw palmetto berries have been released, in writing, by the director or law enforcement, or until such saw palmetto berries have been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The director or law enforcement or both shall release saw palmetto berries when the requirements of this article are met.
History. Code 1981, § 12-6-254 , enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 680, § 1/HB 966.