CODE OFFICIAL GEORGIA ANNOTATED %*./776^ VOLUME 4 Title 4. Animals lltie 5. Appeal and lError lltie 6. Aviation 2013 Edition Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/govlawga20130446 OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED With Provision for Subsequent Pocket Parts Prepared by The Code Revision Commission The Office ofLegislative Counsel and The Editorial StaffofLexisNexis® Published UnderAuthority ofthe State ofGeorgia Volume 4 2013 Edition Title 4. Animals Title 5. Appeal and Error Title 6. Aviation IncludingActs ofthe 2013 Session ofthe GeneralAssembly ofGeorgia andAnnotations taken from the Georgia Reports and the GeorgiaAppeals Reports LexisNexis® Charlottesville, Virginia 2013 Cop^-RiGHT 1926 THROUGH 1930 © 1982, 1995, 2013 BY The State of Georgu All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-7698-6385-6 4182612 (Pub.41805) OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE Brian P. Kemp, Secretary of State of the I, State of Georgia, do hereby certify that thestatutoryportionoftheOfficialCodeofGeorgiaAnnotatedcontained inthisvolumeisatrueandcorrectcopyofsuchmaterialasenactedby theGeneralAssemblyofGeorgia; allassameappearoffileandrecordin thisoffice. INTESTIMONYWHEREOF,Ihavehereuntosetmyhandandaffixed thesealofmyoffice,attheCapitol,intheCityofAtlanta,this 28thdayofJune,intheyearofourLordTwoThousandand ThirteenandoftheIndependenceoftheUnitedStatesof America the Two Hundred and Thirty-Seventh. BrianP.Kemp,SecretaryofState Preface This volume cumulates and replaces the 1995 edition ofVolume 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as supplemented by the 2012 Cumulative Supplement. The 1995 Volume 4 and its supplement may be recycled or, ifso desired, retained for historical purposes. This volume contains all laws specifically codified in Titles 4, 5, and 6 by the GeneralAssembly through the 2013 Session. This volume also contains case annotations reflecting decisions posted to LexisNexis® through March 29, 2013. These annotations will appear in the following traditional reporter sources: Georgia Supreme Court Opinions; Georgia Appeals Court Opinions; Southeastern Reporter, Second Series; Supreme Court Reporter; Federal Reporter, Third Series; Federal Supplement, Second Series; Federal Rules Decisions; and Bankruptcy Reporter. As official and traditional citations become available, substitutions for the LexisNexis® citations will be made. Additionally, LexisNexis® has prepared annotations and references toAttorney General Opinions, law reviews, and other research sources that we hope will be beneficial as you utilize this product. A complete listing of those sources is as follows: Official and Unofficial Attorney General Opinions; Opinions ofthe Judicial Qualifications Commission; Advisory Opinions of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar; Formal Advisory Opinions ofthe State Disciplinary Board ofthe State Bar, issued by the Supreme Court of Georgia; Emory Law Journal; Georgia Law Review; Georgia State University Law Review; Mercer Law Review; Georgia State Bar Journal; American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence 2d; American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms, American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts; American Jurisprudence Trials; Corpus Juris Secundum; and Uniform Laws Annotated. Also included, where appropriate, are cross references to the Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated. This volume retains amendment notes and effective date notes for Acts passed during the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Sessions of the General Assembly. In order to determine the changes which were made or the effective date applied to a Code section by an Act passed prior to the 2011 Session of the General Assembly, the user should consult the Georgia Laws. Visit our website at http://www.lexis.com for an online bookstore, technical support, customer service, and other company information. PREFACE Ifyou have questions or suggestions concerning the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, please call toll free 1-800-833-9844, fax at 1-518-487-3584, or email us at [email protected]. Direct written inquiries to: LexisNexis® Attn: Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated 701 East Water Street Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-5389 VI