Georgia § 27-4-73 - Confiscation and disposition of illegally used commercial fishing gear.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 27-4-73 — Confiscation and disposition of illegally used commercial fishing gear., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-4-73. Confiscation and disposition of illegally used commercial fishing gear.
Should any law enforcement officer of this state or employee of the department discover any commercial fishing gear or any trap, net, seine, basket, or similar device for taking fish, which gear or device is being used in violation of this title, such officer or employee shall seize and hold the same. In the event no one within a reasonable time claims the seized commercial fishing gear and the owner thereof is unknown to such officer or employee, the gear shall be confiscated and shall become the property of the department and disposed of as ordered by the commissioner. (Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, § 91; Code 1933, § 45-807, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1.)
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