Chapter 6. ANIMALS  


Article I. IN GENERAL
Article II. RABIES ANIMAL CONTROL AND STRAY ANIMAL CONTROL

State law reference

Licensing and registration of animals by local authorities, O.C.G.A. § 31-19-3; livestock running at large, O.C.G.A. § 4-3-1 et seq.; permitting dogs in heat to roam or run free, O.C.G.A. § 4-8-6; disposal of diseased, disabled, or dead animals, O.C.G.A. § 4-5-1 et seq.; dogs generally, O.C.G.A. § 4-8-1; dangerous dog control, O.C.G.A. § 4-8-20 et seq.; vicious dogs, O.C.G.A. § 4-8-40 et seq.; animal protection, O.C.G.A. § 4-11-1 et seq.; cruelty to animals, O.C.G.A. § 16-12-4; cruelty to dogs; authorized killing of dogs, O.C.G.A. § 4-8-5; rabies control, O.C.G.A. § 31-19-1; liability of owner or keeper of vicious or dangerous animal for injuries caused by animal, O.C.G.A. § 51-2-6; Dangerous Dog Control Law, O.C.G.A. § 4-8-20 et seq.; Mercedes' Law (vicious dog control), O.C.G.A. § 4-8-40 et seq.

Editor's note

Res. No. 2014-8, §§ 1—13, adopted June 12, 2014, replaced Chapter 6, §§ 6-1—6-5, in effect repealing and reenacting a new chapter, §§ 6-1—6-13, as set out herein. The former chapter pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. WC-51, parts 3—7, adopted May 14, 1987.