Georgia § 12-4-144 - Sale or offer to sell speleothems.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 12-4-144 — Sale or offer to sell speleothems., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 12-4-144. Sale or offer to sell speleothems.
It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any speleothems in this state or to export them for sale outside this state without the express written permission of the owner of the cave from which such speleothems were obtained. Any person violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 5.)
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