Georgia § 4-8-1 - 2. Classification of certain dogs as hunting dogs.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 4-8-1 — 2. Classification of certain dogs as hunting dogs., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-8-1. 2. Classification of certain dogs as hunting dogs.
Any domestic dog that is registered with the American Kennel Club or United Kennel Club as a sporting breed group dog, hound breed group dog, or nonsporting breed group dog or that is of a breed used in the lawful pursuit of hunting in this state pursuant to Title 27, that is used during an established hunting season to aid an individual to pursue or hunt wildlife, and whose owner or other member of the household has a hunting permit from the Department of Natural Resources shall be classified as a hunting dog, and the owner of any such dog shall receive the same registration, licensing, or permitting fee from any local government as is available to owners of dogs which have been spayed or neutered. Nothing in this Code section shall affect the ability of local governments to deal with vicious dogs, abandoned dogs, or stray dogs. (Code 1981, § 4-8-1.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 238, § 1/SB 184.) Effective date. - This Code section became effective July 1, 2016.
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