Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 4-11-1 - Short title
Section 4-11-2 - Definitions
Section 4-11-3 - Licenses for pet dealers and kennel, stable, or animal shelter operators; requirement; issuance; application
Section 4-11-4 - Display of licenses
Section 4-11-5 - Licensing of bird dealers
Section 4-11-5.1 - Euthanasia of dogs and cats by animal shelters or facilities operated for collection of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted animals
Section 4-11-5.2 - Microchip reader defined; contacting owner of microchipped pet
Section 4-11-6 - Applicability of article to nonresidents; consent to jurisdiction; service
Section 4-11-7 - Grounds for refusal to issue or renew or suspension or revocation of licenses
Section 4-11-8 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license for violation of article; applicability of "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
Section 4-11-9 - Inspections
Section 4-11-9.1 - Quarantine of animal, premises, or any area by Commissioner
Section 4-11-9.2 - Inspections; impoundment of animals; exceptions
Section 4-11-9.3 - Caring for an impounded animal
Section 4-11-9.4 - Notification of owner; custody of animal
Section 4-11-9.5 - Failure to respond; right to hearing; care; crime exception
Section 4-11-9.6 - Disposal of impounded animal
Section 4-11-9.7 - Notice and reporting required for certain animal diseases
Section 4-11-9.8 - Recoupment of expenses of impoundment; process
Section 4-11-10 - Unlawful acts by licensed persons
Section 4-11-11 - Shipment or importation of equines, poultry, livestock, or birds into state without official certificate of veterinary inspection
Section 4-11-12 - Cooperation with federal government
Section 4-11-13 - Animals raised, kept, or maintained for human consumption
Section 4-11-14 - Rules and regulations
Section 4-11-15 - Injunctions and restraining orders
Section 4-11-15.1 - Abandonment of domesticated animal
Section 4-11-16 - Penalties
Section 4-11-17 - Filing a report regarding animal cruelty; immunity
Section 4-11-18 - Article cumulative; does not prohibit enactment and enforcement of local ordinances by municipal or county governing authority