Georgia Code
Article 2 - Responsible Dog Ownership
§ 4-8-30. Confiscation by Dog Control Officer; Payment of Costs for Recovery; Euthanasia

History. Code 1981, § 4-8-30 , enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1290, § 4/HB 685; Ga. L. 2014, p. 371, § 3/SB 290.
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, inserted “dog” near the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (a); in subsection (b), in the first sentence, inserted “all” near the middle and added “, unless such confiscation is deemed to be in error by a dog control officer, an authority, as defined in Code Section 4-8-23, or a probate court” at the end; and, in subsection (c), substituted “14 days” for “20 days” near the middle and substituted “shall be released to an animal shelter, as such term is defined in Code Section 4-14-2, or euthanized in an expeditious and humane manner. The owner” for “shall be destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner and the owner” near the end. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2014, p. 371, § 6/SB 290, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014, and shall apply to all violations and confiscations which occur on or after that date.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2012 enactment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 180 (2012).
For annual survey on local government law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 189 (2019).

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