Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 4-11-9.3. Caring for an Impounded Animal

History. Code 1981, § 4-11-9.3 , enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 754, § 5; Ga. L. 2008, p. 114, § 2-2/HB 301; Ga. L. 2016, p. 178, § 3/SB 356.
The 2016 amendment, effective April 26, 2016, near the beginning of subsection (a), inserted “, 16-12-4, or 16-12-37”; in subsection (b), inserted “or Code Section 16-12-4 or 16-12-37” near the beginning of the first sentence and substituted “of competent jurisdiction to hear civil cases” for “that is competent to hear civil cases, including, but not limited to, magistrate courts” in the second sentence; near the middle of subsection (c), substituted “has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or pled nolo contendere to animal cruelty or dog fighting under any local, state, or federal law, regulation, or ordinance, or” for “unless such owner,” for a comma; and rewrote subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 754, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Animal Protection Act of 2000.’

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